Temporal trends in rates of infection-related hospitalisations in Hong Kong people with and without diabetes, 2001-2016: a retrospective study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims/hypothesis

Infection is an under-recognised but important complication in people with diabetes. Studies on temporal trends in incidence of infection in this population are limited. We report the trends in infection-related hospitalisation in people with diabetes and compared hospitalisation rates between people with and without diabetes in Hong Kong.

Methods

Hospital admissions with infection, including pneumonia, influenza, tuberculosis, kidney infection, urinary tract infection, cellulitis, osteomyelitis, foot infection and sepsis, listed as principal diagnosis occurring between 2001 and 2016 were identified from people with diabetes in the electronic medical record system of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority. Data on hospitalisation for a subset of these infections in

SUBMITTER: Luk AOY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7520551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature