Predictive factors of post-discharge surgical site infections among patients from a teaching hospital

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-01T13:08:41Z
dc.date.available2014-10-01T13:08:41Z
dc.date.created2014-10-01T13:08:41Z
dc.date.issued2014-05-20
dc.identifierRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical. Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT, v. 47, n. 2, p. 235-238, 2014.
dc.identifier0037-8682
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/109926
dc.identifier10.1590/0037-8682-0069-2013
dc.identifierS0037-86822014000200235
dc.identifierWOS:000336631700019
dc.identifierS0037-86822014000200235.pdf
dc.description.abstractIntroduction Surgical site infections (SSIs) often manifest after patients are discharged and are missed by hospital-based surveillance. Methods We conducted a case-reference study nested in a prospective cohort of patients from six surgical specialties in a teaching hospital. The factors related to SSI were compared for cases identified during the hospital stay and after discharge. Results Among 3,427 patients, 222 (6.4%) acquired an SSI. In 138 of these patients, the onset of the SSI occurred after discharge. Neurological surgery and the use of steroids were independently associated with a greater likelihood of SSI diagnosis during the hospital stay. Conclusions Our results support the idea of a specialty-based strategy for post-discharge SSI surveillance.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherSociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - SBMT
dc.relationRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
dc.relation1.358
dc.relation0,658
dc.rightsAcesso aberto
dc.sourceSciELO
dc.subjectInfection control
dc.subjectSurgical site infections
dc.subjectSurveillance
dc.titlePredictive factors of post-discharge surgical site infections among patients from a teaching hospital
dc.typeArtículos de revistas


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