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Acta Médica del Centro
On-line version ISSN 2709-7927
Abstract
DUARTE LINARES, Yoisel; PORTAL BENITEZ, Leonila Noralis; RODRIGUEZ ROJAS, David Alejandro and ZURBANO FERNANDEZ, Joaquín. Characterization of patients with surgical site infection. Acta méd centro [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.3, pp. 366-374. Epub Sep 30, 2021. ISSN 2709-7927.
Introduction:
an infection constitutes the proliferation of enough bacteria in different tissues. Surgical site infections are those that originate as a result of a surgical act.
Objective:
to characterize patients with infection of the surgical site.
Methods:
a cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out in patients with surgical site infection, treated at the Arnaldo Milián Castro Hospital from 2017 to 2018. The sample was 242 patients.
Results:
the mean age was (55.96) and the female sex represented (54.5%). The contaminated clean surgical wound and the superficial surgical site infection were the most represented (44.2% and 57% respectively). A considerable group of patients were readmitted due to a surgical site infection (41.3%). Most organ and space infections were preceded by dirty surgical wounds. The largest number of surgical site infections occurred in the third quarter of the year.
Conclusions:
patients between 30 and 60 years old, female, clean contaminated surgical wound, and superficial surgical site infection were the most represented. A considerable group of patients were readmitted for a surgical site infection. Most organ and space infections were preceded by dirty surgical wounds. The largest number of surgical site infections occurred in the third quarter of the year.
Keywords : surgical site infection; nosocomial infection; characterization.