Clinical characteristics associated with days to discharge among patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of lower limb cellulitis - 18/04/17
, Jonathan Lavian, BA a, Gloria Lin, MS a, Cristina Sison, PhD b, Michael Oppenheim, MD c, Bonnie Koo, MD aAbstract |
Background |
Clinicians have limited ability to classify risk of prolonged hospitalization among patients with lower limb cellulitis.
Objective |
We sought to identify characteristics associated with days to discharge and prolonged stay.
Methods |
We conducted retrospective cohort analysis including patients admitted with a primary diagnosis of lower limb cellulitis at community and tertiary hospitals.
Results |
There were 4224 admissions for lower limb cellulitis among 3692 patients. Mean age of the cohort was 64.4 years. Frequencies of tobacco smoking, obesity, and diabetes mellitus were 25.1%, 44.9%, and 19.3%, respectively. Patients having decreased likelihood of discharge included those with the following: 10-year age increments 0.90 (95% confidence interval [CI] 0.88-0.92), obesity 0.90 (95% CI 0.83-0.97), diabetes mellitus 0.90 (95% CI 0.82-0.98), tachycardia 0.76 (95% CI 0.67-0.85), hypotension 0.77 (95% CI 0.65-0.90), leukocytosis 0.86 (95% CI 0.79-0.93), neutrophilia 0.80 (95% CI 0.73-0.87), elevated serum creatinine 0.74 (95% CI 0.68-0.81), and low serum bicarbonate 0.84 (95% CI 0.75-0.95).
Limitations |
This analysis is retrospective and based on coded data. Unknown confounding variables may also influence prolonged stay.
Conclusions |
Patients with lower limb cellulitis and prolonged stay have a number of clinical characteristics which may be used to classify risk for prolonged stay.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Key words : cellulitis, discharge, length, limb, lower, prolonged, stay
Abbreviations used : LOS, SSSI
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| Mr Lavian and Ms Lin contributed equally to this investigation and article. |
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| Funding sources: None. |
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| Conflicts of interest: None declared. |
Vol 76 - N° 4
P. 626-631 - avril 2017 Retour au numéro
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