Electronic health record-based detection of risk factors for Clostridium difficile infection relapse

• Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology Vol. 34; no. 4; p. 407
• Main Authors: Hebert, Courtney, Du, Hongyan, Peterson, Lance R, Robicsek, Ari
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.04.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Clostridium difficile; Clostridium Infections - diagnosis; Clostridium Infections - etiology; Clostridium Infections - prevention & control; Cross Infection - diagnosis; Cross Infection - etiology; Cross Infection - prevention & control; Decision Support Techniques; Electronic Health Records; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Proportional Hazards Models; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; ROC Curve; Secondary Prevention; Young Adult

A major challenge in treating Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is relapse. Many new therapies are being developed to help prevent this outcome. We sought to establish risk factors for relapse and determine whether fields available in an electronic health record (EHR) could be used to identify h...