-transparent.png){kind=logo}
In a prospective study of 372 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, we evaluated the relative contribution of host factors and patient care variables to the risk of post-operative wound infection. Host factors studied were age, sex, country of origin, the diagnosis for which the operation was performed and, for coronary artery by-pass operations, the functional cardiac status according to modified New York Heart Association criteria. The performance of more than one operation during a single admission carried the highest risk for infection, followed by a coronary artery by-pass operation lasting for more than six hours or performed on patients 65 years or older. In patients undergoing coronary artery by-pass surgery, host factors (age and cardiac function) were associated with infections in the chest wound, while the length of the operation was found to affect the occurrence of infections at the "donor" site.
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
December 1987,
The Journal of infectious diseases,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
January 2016,
The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
August 1993,
[Zasshi] [Journal]. Nihon Kyobu Geka Gakkai,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
July 2005,
The Journal of surgical research,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
March 1987,
East African medical journal,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
September 1995,
The Medical journal of Malaysia,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
June 2000,
European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
January 2009,
Annals of transplantation,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
November 2022,
Cureus,
E Simchen, and
M Shapiro, and
G Marin, and
T Sacks, and
J Michel
December 1990,
The Medical journal of Malaysia,
