Does CIED infection increase mortality and cost in patients undergoing CIED procedures?
CIED infections are associated with significant increases in both short- and long-term mortality as well as substantial intensive care costs.
Infection associated with CIED procedures resulted in substantial incremental admission mortality and long-term mortality that varied with the CIED type and occurred, in part, after discharge. Almost half of the incremental admission cost was for intensive care.
M. Rizwan Sohail (Tue,) studied this question.