Real-World Evidence for the Association Between Pneumonia-Related Intensive Care Unit Stay and Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

There is limited clarity concerning the risk of dementia after pneumonia with intensive care unit (ICU) stay. We conducted a nationwide cohort study, which aimed to investigate the impact of dementia after pneumonia with and without intensive care unit admission.

Methods

Data was obtained from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database between 2000 and 2015. A total of 7,473 patients were identified as having pneumonia required ICU stay, along with 22,419 controls matched by sex and age. After adjusting for confounding factors, multivariate Cox regression model analysis was used to compare the risk of developing dementia during the 15-years follow-up period.

Results

The enrolled pneumonia patients with ICU admission had a dementia rate of 9.89%. Pn

SUBMITTER: Wu CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9058270 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature