title: Risk factors for radial artery harvest site infection following coronary artery bypass graft surgery.
abstract: Radial arteries increasingly are used during coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Although risk factors for saphenous vein harvest site infection (HSI) have been reported, rates of and risk factors for radial artery HSI are not well established. We compared rates of radial artery HSI that were detected by 2 surveillance methods, regular and heightened. Risk factors were determined by a case-control study. We identified 35 radial artery HSIs ("case sites") in 26 case patients. The radial artery HSI rate was significantly higher during heightened surveillance than during routine surveillance (12.3% vs. 3.1%, respectively; P=.002). Multivariate analysis showed that diabetes mellitus with a preoperative glucose level >/=200 mg/dL (odds ratio [OR], 4.4; P=. 01) and duration of surgery >/=5 h (OR, 3.1; P=.02) were independent risk factors for radial artery HSI. Infection is a common complication of radial artery harvesting for CABG surgery, and infection rates are dependent on the intensity of surveillance. We identified preoperative hyperglycemia and surgery duration as independent risk factors for radial artery HSI.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Infections Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA. wbt9@cdc.gov
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Trick
authors.forename: W E
authors.initials: WE
authors.lastname: Scheckler
authors.forename: J I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Tokars
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Reppen
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Jarvis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000453:epidemiology; D006085:Graft Survival; D006801:Humans; D017053:Infection Control / Q000592:standards; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D016017:Odds Ratio; D011159:Population Surveillance; D017534:Radial Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014922:Wisconsin / Q000453:epidemiology