Risk Factors for Recurrent Lower Extremity Cellulitis in a U.S. Veterans Medical Center Population
| Autor: | Orlando Gomez-Marin, Alan L. Bisno, Susanne Doblecki Lewis, Garnet S. Peter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hospitals Veterans Population Body Mass Index Recurrence Risk Factors Internal medicine Tobacco Epidemiology Odds Ratio Edema Humans Medicine Risk factor education Veterans Affairs Retrospective Studies education.field_of_study business.industry Cellulitis Retrospective cohort study General Medicine Odds ratio Middle Aged medicine.disease United States Surgery United States Department of Veterans Affairs Military Personnel Case-Control Studies Ill-Housed Persons business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | The American Journal of the Medical Sciences. 332:304-307 |
| ISSN: | 0002-9629 |
| Popis: | Background Despite the frequency of recurrent acute cellulitis of the lower extremities, factors associated with this infection have not been previously assessed in a case-control study among patients admitted to U.S. hospitals. Methods We compared the clinical characteristics of 47 patients with those of 94 age- and sex-matched control subjects admitted to the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center. Results In a multivariate analysis, two physical factors, lower extremity edema and body mass index, one behavioral factor, smoking, and one demographic factor, homelessness, were significantly and independently associated with recurrent cellulitis. The latter two factors have not previously been reported to be independently associated with cellulitis. Conclusions Our results suggest that increased emphasis on weight loss, smoking cessation, and improved foot hygiene in the homeless might decrease recurrences of lower extremity cellulitis. |
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