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Use of the National Noscomial Infection Surveillance System Risk Index for Prediction of Mortality: Results of a 6-Year Postdischarge Follow-Up Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Silvia Palma ,
Antonio Cosano ,
Antonio Gómez-Ortega ,
Marcial Mariscal ,
Jose Martin Moreno-Montesinos ,
Gabriel Martínez-Gallego ,
Marcelino Medina-Cuadros  and
Miguel Delgado-Rodriguez
Silvia Palma
Affiliation:
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain
Antonio Cosano
Affiliation:
Service of General Surgery, Hospital Ciudad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Antonio Gómez-Ortega
Affiliation:
Service of General Surgery, Hospital Ciudad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Marcial Mariscal
Affiliation:
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain
Jose Martin Moreno-Montesinos
Affiliation:
Service of General Surgery, Hospital Ciudad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Gabriel Martínez-Gallego
Affiliation:
Service of General Surgery, Hospital Ciudad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Marcelino Medina-Cuadros
Affiliation:
Service of General Surgery, Hospital Ciudad de Jaén, Jaén, Spain
Miguel Delgado-Rodriguez*
Affiliation:
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Jaen, Jaén, Spain
*
Health Sciences Building (B-3), University of Jaen, 23071-Jaén, Spain (mdelgado@ujaen.es)
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Abstract

A positive linear trend (P<.001) between the National Noscomial Infection Surveillance system (NNIS) risk index and mortality was observed in 2,848 general surgery patients followed up 6 years after discharge. In stratified analyses, the NNIS risk index predicted mortality in patients with chronic disease (P = .007, by test for trend) but not in the remaining patients.

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Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2007 , pp. 489 - 492
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Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2007

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