Decreased hospital-acquired respiratory infections among older inpatients during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective observational study in a general hospital in China
The incidence of hospital-acquired respiratory infections was significantly decreased following the implementation of various prevention and control measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. A history of previous malignancy was associated with higher in-hospital mortality in older inpatients with hospital-acquired respiratory infections.
Authors
- Ruixia Zhu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2683-4674)
- Shuang Qu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-9889-3383)
- Lihua Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7673-7779)
- Wei Hu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4826-4633)
- Qian Li (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8827-939X)
- Jin Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-6547)
- Xiaoting Niu
Institutions
- Capital Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-024-09779-y
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Respiratory Support and Mechanisms
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.42