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A snapshot of geriatric infections in Turkey: ratio of geriatric inpatients in hospitals and evaluation of their infectious diseases: A multicenter point prevalence study
Document Type
article
Author
Behice KurtaranFerit KuscuPinar KorkmazBurcu OzdemirDilara InanNefise OztoprakDuru Mistanoglu OzatagOzgur DaglıSerhat BirengelKevser OzdemirHande AslanerAslıhan UluEmine SehmenSerpil ErolYeşim Uygun KızmazGül DurmuşM Emirhan IşıkAslı Haykır SolaySuheyla KomurEmel Azakİlknur YavuzErgenekon KaragözMerve Sefa SayarHasan NazZehra DemirbaşNevin İnceFatime KorkmazŞule Özdemir ArmağanÜmit SavaşçıSabahat AktaşElif Tükenmez TigenBuket Ertürk ŞengelNur Cancan GürsulAli AcarSema SarıSema TuranUğur KostakoğluGüliz EvikKader ArslanEsra Kaya KılıçAynur AtillaCanan AğalarSelma AteşKenan UğurluMustafa DoğanFunda BilmanNirgül KılıçaslanGülay OktayNilsun AltunalYasemin BalkanMevliye YetikSerhat UysalA İrfan BaranNurettin ErbenHande AydemirB Ergüt SezerAbdulkadir DaldalAyten KadanalıAyşe Sağmak TartarAlper ŞenerRezan HarmanM Reşat CeylanHatice Ürgüdücüİlyas DökmetaşAhmet HamidiA Altunçekiç YıldırımSedat KaygusuzEsmeray Mutlu YılmazŞaban EsenSelçuk NazikFiliz KoçHale Turan ÖzdenAslıhan DemirelYeşim KürekçiHaluk ErdoğanEmine Fırat GöktaşMehmet UluğHülya KuşoğluRamazan GözüküçükHabibe Tülin Elmaslar Mertİlknur ErdemHüseyin ŞahintürkIşıl Deniz AliravcıRıdvan Kara AliFunda KoçakİE YıldızEmel AslanFatma Yılmaz KaradağA Seza InalYesim Tasova
Source
International Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol 100, Iss , Pp 337-342 (2020)
Subject
Geriatrics
Hospitalization
Infection
Antibiotic
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Language
English
ISSN
1201-9712
Abstract
Introduction: The human population is aging at an astonishing rate. The aim of this study is to capture a situation snapshot revealing the proportion of individuals aged 65 years and over among inpatients in healthcare institutions in Turkey and the prevalence and type of infections in this patient group in order to draw a road map. Materials and Methods: Hospitalized patients over 65 years at any of the 62 hospitals in 29 cities across Turkey on February 9, 2017 were included in the study. Web-based SurveyMonkey was used for data recording and evaluation system. Results: Of 17,351 patients 5871 (33.8%) were ≥65 years old. The mean age was 75.1 ± 7.2 years; 3075 (52.4%) patients were male. Infection was reason for admission for 1556 (26.5%) patients. Pneumonia was the most common infection. The median length of hospital stay was 5 days (IQR: 2–11 days). The Antibiotic therapy was initiated for 2917 (49.7%) patients at the time of admission, and 23% of the antibiotics prescribed were inappropriate. Healthcare-associated infections developed in 1059 (18%) patients. Urinary catheters were placed in 2388 (40.7%) patients with 7.5% invalid indication. Conclusion: This study used real data to reveal the proportion of elderly patients in hospital admissions. The interventions done, infections developed during hospitalization, length of hospital stay, and excessive drug load emphasize the significant impact on health costs and illustrate the importance of preventive medicine in this group of patients.