Surgical site infection during hospitalization and after discharge in patients who have undergone cardiac surgery.
During a 13-month period, 513 patients who were scheduled to undergo cardiac surgery were prospectively observed for surgical site infection during hospitalization after surgery and for 1 month after hospital discharge. Fifty-three patients showed evidence of surgical site infection (during hospitalization for 31 patients and after discharge for 22). Multivariate analysis identified that risk factors for surgical site infection differed between infections that occurred during hospitalization and those that occurred after discharge.
Fernandez-Ayala
Marta
M
Infectious Diseases Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain. mirfac@humv.es
Nan
Daniel N
DN
Farinas-Alvarez
Concepcion
C
Revuelta
Jose M
JM
Gonzalez-Macias
Jesus
J
Farinas
M Carmen
MC
D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology