The Australian Injury Comorbidity Indices (AICIs) to predict in-hospital complications: A population-based data linkage study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospital-admitted patients are at risk of experiencing certain adverse outcomes during their hospital-stay. Patients may need to be admitted to the intensive care unit or be placed on the ventilator while there is also a possibility for complications to develop. Pre-existing comorbidity could increase the risk of these outcomes. The Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) and the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measure (ECM), originally derived for mortality outcomes among general medical populations, are widely used for assessing these in-hospital complications even among specific injury populations. This study derived indices to specifically capture the effect of comorbidity on intensive care unit and ventilator use as well as hospital-acquired complications for injury patients.

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SUBMITTER: Fernando DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485849 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature