TY - JOUR
T1 - Existing Data Sources in Clinical Epidemiology
T2 - Database of Community Acquired Infections Requiring Hospital Referral in Eastern Denmark (DCAIED) 2018-2021
AU - Holler, Jon Gitz
AU - Jensen, Jens Ulrik Stæhr
AU - Engsig, Frederik Neess
AU - Bestle, Morten H
AU - Lindegaard, Birgitte
AU - Rasmussen, Jens Henning
AU - Bundgaard, Henning
AU - Nielsen, Finn Erland
AU - Iversen, Kasper Karmark
AU - Larsen, Jesper Juul
AU - Holzknecht, Barbara Juliane
AU - Boel, Jonas
AU - Sivapalan, Pradeesh
AU - Itenov, Theis Skovsgaard
N1 - © 2023 Holler et al.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Infectious diseases are major health care challenges globally and a prevalent cause of admission to emergency departments. Epidemiologic characteristics and outcomes based on population level data are limited. The Database of Community Acquired Infections in Eastern Denmark (DCAIED) 2018-2021 was established with the aim to explore and estimate the population characteristics, and outcomes of patients suffering from community acquired infections at the emergency departments in the Capital Region and the Zealand Region of Denmark using data from electronic medical records. Adult patients (≥18 years) presenting to the emergency department with suspected or confirmed infection are included in the cohort. Presence of sepsis and organ failure are assessed using modified criteria from the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). During the inclusion period from January 2018 to January 2022, 2,241,652 adult emergency department visits have been registered. Of these, 451,825 were unique encounters of which 60,316 fulfilled criteria of suspected infection and 28,472 fulfilled sepsis criteria and 8,027 were defined as septic shock. The database covers the entire Capital and Zealand Region of Denmark with an uptake area of 2.6 million inhabitants and includes demographic, laboratory and outcome indicators, with complete follow-up. The database is well-suited for epidemiological research for future national and international collaborations.
AB - Infectious diseases are major health care challenges globally and a prevalent cause of admission to emergency departments. Epidemiologic characteristics and outcomes based on population level data are limited. The Database of Community Acquired Infections in Eastern Denmark (DCAIED) 2018-2021 was established with the aim to explore and estimate the population characteristics, and outcomes of patients suffering from community acquired infections at the emergency departments in the Capital Region and the Zealand Region of Denmark using data from electronic medical records. Adult patients (≥18 years) presenting to the emergency department with suspected or confirmed infection are included in the cohort. Presence of sepsis and organ failure are assessed using modified criteria from the Third International Consensus Definitions for Sepsis and Septic Shock (Sepsis-3). During the inclusion period from January 2018 to January 2022, 2,241,652 adult emergency department visits have been registered. Of these, 451,825 were unique encounters of which 60,316 fulfilled criteria of suspected infection and 28,472 fulfilled sepsis criteria and 8,027 were defined as septic shock. The database covers the entire Capital and Zealand Region of Denmark with an uptake area of 2.6 million inhabitants and includes demographic, laboratory and outcome indicators, with complete follow-up. The database is well-suited for epidemiological research for future national and international collaborations.
KW - community acquired
KW - database
KW - emergency department
KW - epidemiology
KW - infectious diseases
KW - sepsis
KW - shock
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85171350357&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2147/CLEP.S413403
DO - 10.2147/CLEP.S413403
M3 - Review
C2 - 37700929
SN - 1179-1349
VL - 15
SP - 939
EP - 955
JO - Clinical Epidemiology
JF - Clinical Epidemiology
ER -