Prevalência de infecções em suturas de cirurgias de revascularização do miocárdio

Interven����es a pacientes com mediastinite p��s-esternotomia: revisǜo integrativa da literatura

“…Em particular, a infecção da ferida do esterno, após cirurgia cardíaca é uma complicação muito grave. Estudo mostrou que sua incidência varia de 0,9% a 20%, sendo os patógenos mais comuns, Staphylococcus coagulase negativo e Staphylococcus aureus, além de outros relacionados à infecção do esterno e mediastinite, tais como: Acinetobacter, Enterobacter cloacae, Escherichia coli e Klebsiella (5) .…”

Cenário ambulatorial de pacientes com sítio cirúrgico infectado após intervenção cardíaca

“…Surgical site infections (SSI) are an important challenge in cardiac post-surgery patients, since they have a high impact in the recovery of patients and cause an expressive increase in hospital rates and expenditure, be it due to longer hospitalization times or to the need for interventions (1)(2) . Studies have pointed out an incidence of 0.9 to 20% of infections in sternum incisions, 25% of superficial infections, 5.8% of mediastinitis and a high mortality rate from this serious complication, varying from 14 to 47% (3)(4) . The infections can be superficial, in which case they compromise the skin and subcutaneouns tissues, or incisional, when they involve deep soft tissues (5) .…”

Preditores de infecção no pós-operatório de cirurgia de revascularização miocárdica

“…Treatment for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has been shown to improve survival in patients with severe coronary artery disease [1]. However, several studies have shown, after heart surgery, still significant rate of postoperative complications, especially superficial and shallow infections [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. A multicenter study conducted in Australia showed that of 4,474 patients undergoing CABG, the risk of wound infection was 4.5 to 10.7 per 100 procedures.…”