Key result
Postoperative surgical site infection affects ~1% of open-heart patients and nearly quadruples hospital stay.
Why the study?
Surgical site infections remain a significant medical problem worldwide despite modern surgical techniques and preventive antibiotic use after open heart surgery.
Population
Patients undergoing open heart surgery at the Clinic of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, Vojvodina
Design
Prospective cohort study
Follow-up
During hospitalization
Authors
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Prolonged hospitalization with SSIs after open heart surgery warrants prevention focus; leaves open randomized evaluation of targeted interventions.
Cohort
No
The incidence of surgical site infections after open heart surgery is low (0.98%), with Staphylococcus aureus being the predominant causative agent.
Lj et al. (2010) conducted a cohort in Open heart surgery. Open heart surgery was evaluated on Surgical site infections (SSI). The average incidence rate of surgical site infections after open heart surgery was 0.98%, with affected patients hospitalized 3.8 times longer than those without infection (p=0.03).
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