Mortality rate, length of stay and extra cost of sternal surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass grafting in a private medical centre in Turkey

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 176-179

  Coskun, Diller ^a   Aytac, J ^b   Aydinli, A ^b   Bayer, A ^a  

^a KADIR HAS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Cost analysis; Surgical site infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TEST; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL COSTS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTORS; SKIN CARE; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TURKEY;

EID: 17844385568     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

References (10)

1. T.C. Horan R.P. Gaynes W.J. Martone W.R. Jarvis T.G. Emori CDC definitions of surgical wound infections Am J Infect Control 20 1992 271-274
2. R.A. Johnson D.W. Wichern Multivariate regression models In: Q. McDonald (Ed.) Applied multivariate statistical analysis 5th edn 2002 Prentice Hall Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA 354-424
3. SPPS 10.0 Base User' Guide One way analysis of variance 1999 SPPS Inc Chicago p. 267
4. J.A. Kluytmans J.W. Mouton E.P. Ijzerman et al. Nasal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus as a major risk factor for wound infections after cardiac surgery J Infect Dis 171 1995 216-219
5. C.S. Hollenbeak D.M. Murphy S. Koenig R.S. Woodward W.C. Dunagan V.J. Fraser The clinical and economic impact of deep chest surgical site infections following coronary artery bypass graft surgery Chest 118 2000 397-402
6. A. Asensio J. Torres Quantifying excess length of postoperative stay attributable to infections: A comparison of models J Clin Epidemiol 52 1999 1249-1256
7. J.M. Boyce G. Potter-Bynoe L. Dziobek Hospital reimbursement patterns among patients with surgical wound infections following open heart surgery Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 11 1990 89-93
8. R.M. Nelson D.J. Dries The economic implications of infection in cardiac surgery Ann Thorac Surg 42 1986 240-246
9. G.J. Taylor F.L. Mikell H.W. Moses et al. Determination of hospital charges for coronary artery bypass surgery: The economic consequences of postoperative complications Am J Cardiol 65 1990 309-313
10. L. Cao Cost of nosocomial infections in Wuhan No. 4 Hospital Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 21 2000 4-5