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Examination of Oral Candida Infection in Primary Sjögren's Syndrome Patients
Published on: March 1, 2024
Hospital-based emergency department visits with oral candidiasis in the USA
Satheesh Elangovan1, Sreedevi Srinivasan, Veerasathpurush Allareddy
1Department of Periodontics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA. satheesh-elangovan@uiowa.edu
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to determine the number of hospital Emergency Department (ED) visits with a diagnosis of oral candidiasis for the year 2007 in the USA and to identify the comorbid conditions associated with it.
Study Design:
The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) for 2007 was employed in this study. Patients who visited the ED with a diagnosis of oral candidiasis were selected, and the estimates were projected to the national levels using the discharge weights. Presence of comorbid conditions in these patients was also determined.
Results:
A total of 249,092 ED visits had oral candidiasis. Most of the patients belonged to the lower socioeconomic strata. Patients presented with a wide range of comorbid conditions and a large percentage of the patients were subsequently hospitalized after ED visits.
Conclusions:
A significant number of patients in the US visited the ED with oral candidiasis in the year 2007.
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