Factors associated with surgical site infection in elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgery with sternotomy ABSTRACTIntroduction -Surgical Site Infection SSI in cardiac surgery is a serious complication in the postoperative period; it challenges health teams, despite advances in medicine and surgical techniques. Objective -To evaluate the association between predictors in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a cardiac surgery service in Curitiba. Methodology -Conducted in the years 2007/2008 with 42 patients divided into 02 groups, matched by age and gender. They were subjected to 03 nursing visits for information gathering which were performed preoperatively, immediately postoperatively and in the fourth week after surgery. Results -The use of Concentrate Erythrocytes showed statistical significance, favoring SSI p 0.005. In the analysis of the relative risk was found that smokers had 2:33 times more chances of infection. Diabetes, prolonged hospitalization or obese had also more SSI. Conclusion -Diabetes, prolonged preoperative hospitalization, smoking, obesity and use of use of red blood cells concentrate in the population studied favored the risk for SSI in cardiac surgery.
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