Hospitalization for infection linked to higher 2-year psychiatric, neurologic risk
A retrospective multicohort study using TriNetX data on over 1 million matched pairs examined 14 psychiatric and neurologic outcomes after hospitalization with infections across 10 body systems and 4 age groups, with 2-year follow-up. The study reported that infections were associated with increased risk of most disorders compared with other hospitalizations or the general population, with encephalitis showing the highest relative risk and cognitive deficits showing the highest absolute risk difference; infectious encephalitides were identified as the leading risk factor for 7 of 14 disorders. The study reported that children also had increased risks but with significantly lower absolute risk differences than adults.
Most relevant for: Patients hospitalized with infections across any body system, particularly adults, during the 2 years following hospitalization.
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