National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital Reports Findings in Congestive Heart Failure (Mortality of septic knee arthritis in Korea: risk factors analysis of a large national database): Heart Disorders and Diseases – Congestive Heart Failure

2022 AUG 31 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at South Korea Daily Report -- New research on Heart Disorders and Diseases - Congestive Heart Failure is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Goyang, South Korea, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This study aimed to analyze the risk factors for mortality of septic knee arthritis in Korea through a large nationwide data research. The National Health Insurance Service-Health Screening database was used to analyze 89,120 hospitalizations for septic knee arthritis between 2005 and 2018.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, “In-hospital, thirty-day, and ninety-day mortality, and their association with patient’s demographic factors, various comorbidities (i.e., cerebrovascular disease, congestive heart failure, and myocardial infarction) and Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) were assessed. Secondary outcomes of complications (osteomyelitis, knee arthroplasty, recurrence) were analyzed. The number of hospitalization with septic knee arthritis increased from 1847 cases in 2005 to 8749 cases in 2018. There was no significant difference in mortality after diagnosis of septic knee arthritis between years. The risk of mortality in patients who hospitalized with septic knee arthritis increased in comorbidities like Congestive heart failure, dementia, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease. Hazard ratio (HR) decreased in patients who have comorbidities such as rheumatoid arthritis, liver disease, rheumatologic disease. HR for mortality in septic knee arthritis increased in patients with CCI more than 1. The risk factors for mortality in all periods were male sex, old age, high CCI, comorbidities such as congestive heart failure, dementia, myocardial infarction, chronic kidney disease.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Efforts to reduce mortality should be concentrate more on patients with these risk factors.”

For more information on this research see: Mortality of septic knee arthritis in Korea: risk factors analysis of a large national database. Scientific Reports, 2022;12(1):14008. Scientific Reports can be contacted at: Nature Portfolio, Heidelberger Platz 3, Berlin, 14197, Germany. (Nature Publishing Group - http://www.nature.com/; Scientific Reports - http://www.nature.com/srep/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Han-Kook Yoon, Dept. of Orthopaedic Surgery, National Health Insurance Service Ilsan Hospital, 100 Ilsan-ro, Ilsandong-gu, Goyang, 10444, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include Ho-Jun Choi, Hyun-Cheol Oh, Jung-Hwa Hong, Taeyun Choi and Sang-Hoon Park.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18420-4. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

The publisher of the journal Scientific Reports can be contacted at: Nature Portfolio, Heidelberger Platz 3, Berlin, 14197, Germany.

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