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January 1, 2016Korean Journal of Healthcare-Associated Infection Control and PreventionOpen Access

SSI occurred in 3.9% of patients; independent risk factors included diabetes mellitus (OR=2.016, 95% CI=0.994-4.089), increased BMI (OR=4.555, 95% CI=1.748-11.871), RBC transfusion (OR=1.106, 95% CI=1.021-1.197), and cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery (OR=2.790, 95% CI=1.239-6.286).

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Why the study?

What are the independent risk factors for surgical site infection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery?

Population

998 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery at a tertiary care hospital in Seoul between…

Comparison

Presence of risk factors including diabetes… vs Absence of these risk factors.

Design

Cohort

Authors

MKMi Hye KimWoosuk UniversityJJJae Sim JeongUlsan CollegeSCSung Ho ChoiSamsung (South Korea)

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Overview

Identified SSI risk factors support targeted surveillance in CABG patients; leaves open need for prospective validation before practice change.

Structured PICO

What are the independent risk factors for surgical site infection in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery?

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Population
998 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery at a tertiary care hospital in Seoul between January 2010 and December 2013.
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Intervention
Presence of risk factors including diabetes mellitus, increased body mass index (BMI), red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, and cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery.
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Comparator
Absence of these risk factors.
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Outcome
Surgical site infection (SSI) at the sternotomy site.safety

Diabetes mellitus, increased BMI, RBC transfusion, and the use of cardio-pulmonary bypass are significant independent risk factors for sternal surgical site infections following CABG.

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Kim et al. (2016) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a77fa7f6c53f758bc1eb626https://doi.org/10.14192/kjhaicp.2016.21.2.57
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