Infectious Complications of Cardiac Surgery: A Clinical Review

Cove, Matthew E.; Spelman, Denis; MacLaren, Graeme

doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2012.04.021

Cited by 56 publications

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“…9,10,17,24 At odds with a recent large survey, 8 in our population an advanced age (>75years) was significantly associated with HCAI but not with SSI. In 90% of the cases infections were diagnosed within 15 days after discharge from the cardiac surgery department.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 84%

Disability after cardiac surgery is the major predictor of infections occurring in the rehabilitation phase

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Maserati

et al. 2015

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

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In a large cohort of patients, residual disability after cardiac surgery was the strongest independent predictor of infections. Disability is readily accessible, and can be used to recognize patients at higher risk of infections. The 10.9% rate of major infections observed after discharge from the surgical department confirms the importance of prolonging infection surveillance after discharge from the cardiac surgery department.

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Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 84%

Disability after cardiac surgery is the major predictor of infections occurring in the rehabilitation phase

Marcassa

Pistono

Maserati

et al. 2015

Eur J Prev Cardiolog

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“…11 SSWI may or may not present with local tenderness, erythema, and drainage. 2 Signs and symptoms of SWI appear as early as 4 to 5 days post-op; however, they more commonly occur 10 to 30 days poststernotomy. One important early sign of SSI is a bloodstream infection, as SSI typically occurs immediately after any major primary infection.…”

Section: Early Recognition and Diagnosismentioning

confidence: 99%

“…[4][5][6] • Aortic calcification is also a strong patient-related risk factor. 2 • Smoking is considered an independent risk factor for SWI suggesting that a decreased number of active smokers leads to a decrease in SWI in addition to a decrease in cardiovascular disease. 6 • Nasal carriage of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a also considered a possible risk factor for SWIs.…”

Section: Preoperative Factorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Postoperative sternal wound infection

Flick¹

2015

Nursing Critical Care

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“…26 The three sites that are most commonly affected are the respiratory (50%), the surgical wound (27%), and catheters or implants (22%). 26 2.6% of our patients suffered infectious complications such as sepsis.…”

Section: Infectiousmentioning

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Rheumatic mitral valve surgery: about 1025 cases

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Background: Rheumatic mitral valvulopathy is often associated with other valvulopathies. It remains endemic in developing countries where it is the leading cause of heart failure and cardiovascular death.Methods: This study provides a retrospective analysis of 1025 cases involving patients who underwent mitral valve surgery at Ibn Sina Hospital in Rabat, Morocco between the dates of January 2, 2001 and April 5, 2012. Preoperatively a clinical and paraclinical assessment has been established.Results: The predominant valvular defects are mitral stenosis, functional tricuspid insufficiency. The gesture was a first intervention in 93% of the cases, with mitral valve replacement in 90% of cases and plasty in 10% of the cases.Conclusions: These patients deserve more accurate evaluation in the choice of the surgical strategy which strongly impacts the post-operative outcomes. This report discusses the factors supporting mitral repair surgery in rheumatic disease, according to the patients' characteristics and the effectiveness of the current repair techniques compared to prosthetic valve replacement in developing countries.

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Infectious Complications of Cardiac Surgery: A Clinical Review

Cited by 56 publications

References 98 publications

Disability after cardiac surgery is the major predictor of infections occurring in the rehabilitation phase

Disability after cardiac surgery is the major predictor of infections occurring in the rehabilitation phase

Postoperative sternal wound infection

Rheumatic mitral valve surgery: about 1025 cases

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