Relationship between oral health and prognosis in patients with empyema: Single center retrospective study with propensity score matching analysis

ABSTRACT:

Background

Empyema is a life-threatening infection often caused by oral microbiota. To the best of our knowledge, no reports have investigated the association between the objective assessment of oral health and prognosis in patients with empyema.

Materials and methods

A total of 63 patients with empyema who required hospitalization at a single institution were included in this retrospective study. We compared non-survivors and survivors to assess risk factors for death at three months, including the Renal, age, pus, infection, diet (RAPID) score, and Oral Health Assessment Tool (OHAT) score. Furthermore, to minimize the background bias of the OHAT high-score and low-score groups determined based on the cut-off value, we also analyzed the association between the OHAT score

SUBMITTER: Iwata E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9994691 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature