Tobacco use as a screener for Clostridium difficile infection outcomes

A retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the utility of self-reported tobacco use for developing a clinical prediction rule for poor outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection. Patients with any history of smoking were significantly less likely than never smokers to be cured of their...

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Published inThe Journal of hospital infection Vol. 98; no. 1; pp. 36 - 39
Main Authors Barker, A.K., Van Galen, A., Sethi, A.K., Shirley, D., Safdar, N.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2018
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Clostridium difficile infection
Clostridium Infections - diagnosis
Clostridium Infections - drug therapy
Clostridium Infections - pathology
Decision Support Techniques
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Patient Readmission
Prognosis
Recurrence
Retrospective Studies
Screening
Smoking status
Survival Analysis
Tobacco
Tobacco Use
Treatment Outcome
Screening
Recurrence
Tobacco
Smoking status
Clostridium difficile infection
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Summary:A retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the utility of self-reported tobacco use for developing a clinical prediction rule for poor outcomes of Clostridium difficile infection. Patients with any history of smoking were significantly less likely than never smokers to be cured of their infection within two weeks. Disease recurrence, readmission within 30 days, death before treatment completion, and the severity of Clostridium difficile infection were not associated with smoking status.
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ISSN:0195-6701
1532-2939
DOI:10.1016/j.jhin.2017.06.026