We also retrieved information on preadmission drug use, defined as a prescription filled from 90 days before the current hospitalization until hospital admission [ 31].
Clinical risk factors for MDR pathogens were defined as prior antimicrobial therapy during the current hospitalization, a hospital stay of 5 days or more, and previous hospitalization for 2 days or more in the preceding 6 months.
Finally, information on inpatient expenditures for the current hospitalization was obtained from the hospital financial database.
Second, other than the direct medical cost for the current hospitalization, which was obtained from hospital financial data, all other outpatient and inpatient costs were self-reported and may be subject to recall error.
Direct medical costs during the current hospitalization were also obtained from the hospital financial database.
Medical records were reviewed to identify the first-listed diagnosis for the current hospitalization and to determine whether participants were hospitalized for any reason within one year of the current admission.
More than two-thirds (72%) of the sample had a history of HF prior to the current hospitalization, and approximately one-quarter (24%) had been hospitalized for HF within the past 3 months.
Infants were recruited at the visit preceding hospital discharge; on this occasion, investigators reported data about the current hospitalization, and the infant's medical history, including health care received during the neonatal period and risk factors for bronchiolitis.
Creatinine assessments up to seven days before the current hospitalization were not considered, because the AKI process may have started before hospital admission.
The family has not made public the reason for the current hospitalization.
Intravenous acetyl cysteine, albuterol, and budesonide nebules with continuous low-dose oxygen inhalation were added in the current hospitalization.
