The role of patient's profile and allogeneic blood transfusion in development of post-cardiac surgery infections: A retrospective study

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 232-238

  Vranken, Nousjka P A ^a   Weerwind, Patrick W ^a   Barenbrug, Paul J C ^a   Teerenstra, Steven ^b   Ganushchak, Yuri M ^a   Maessen, Jos G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood transfusion; Cardiopulmonary bypass; Nosocomial infection; Patient characteristics

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RISK; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

AGE FACTORS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84905641915     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivu096     Document Type: Article

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