OBJECTIVES: To describe the patterns of @entity580 in @entity1 with @entity130 and to compare the associations between injury severity, derived from various severity scoring systems, and subsequent @entity580 . DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: A 750-bed university hospital serving as a medical school and referral center for the southern part of Thailand. @entity1 : All @entity130 @entity1 admitted to the hospital for more than 3 days during 1996 to 1999 were eligible for this study. METHODS: The severity of @entity130 was measured in terms of injury severity score (ISS), revised @entity130 score (RTS), new injury severity score (NISS), and @entity130 severity score (TRISS). Infections acquired during hospitalization were categorized using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria. The association between severity of @entity580 was examined with Poisson regression models. RESULTS: There were 222 @entity580 identified among 146 @entity1 , yielding an @entity281 per 100 @entity1 -days. @entity281 was the most common site-specific @entity281 , accounting for 31.1% of all @entity281 . The incidence of intravenous catheter-related @entity281 was 1.6 @entity281 per 100 catheter-days. The bladder catheter-related urinary tract @entity281 rate was 2.8 @entity281 per 100 catheter-days. The rate of ventilator-associated @entity55 was 3.2 @entity281 per 100 ventilator-days. The incidence of @entity281 correlated well with injury severity. The @entity281 incidence rate ratios for one severity category increment of ISS, NISS, RTS, and TRISS were 1.65 (95% confidence interval [CI95], 1.42 to 1.92), 1.79 (CI95, 1.55 to 2.05), 1.64 (CI95 1.43 to 1.88), and 1.32 (CI95, 1.14 to 1.52), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: @entity281 was the most common site-specific @entity580 . The NISS might be the most appropriate severity scoring system for adjustment of @entity281 rates in @entity130 @entity1 .

@entity130 severity scoring systems as predictors of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'PARTICIPANTS'] @entity55 :: ('MESH:D011014', 'Disease') :: ['pneumonia'] @entity281 :: ('MESH:D007239', 'Disease') :: ['infection', 'infections', 'bloodstream infection', 'infection rate of 0.8 infections', 'Surgical-site infection'] @entity580 :: ('MESH:D003428', 'Disease') :: ['nosocomial infection', 'nosocomial infections', 'injury and nosocomial infection'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['traumatic injuries', 'trauma injury', 'injuries', 'trauma']
@entity580 :: (MESH:D003428,Disease) :: ['nosocomial infection']
