Influence of systemic infection and comorbidities on rehabilitation outcomes in severe acquired brain injury.

CONCLUSIONS: Systemic infections during rehabilitation increased the length of hospitalization and reduce the rehabilitative outcomes, even when the analysis was performed on groups matched for the functional status at admission. Moreover, the cardiological and endocrine- metabolic comorbidities seem to influence the outcome, without represent a further risk factor for systemic infection. CLINICAL REHABILITATION IMPACT: The impact of infections during rehabilitation inpatient should be more taken into account, with specific procedures and suitable environments for avoiding the diffusions of infections. PMID: 33165309 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med Source Type: research