scholarly journals Post Cesarean Section Surgical Site Infection; Incidence and Risk Factors

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (7) ◽  
pp. 1864-1868
2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (6) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Crystell Guzmán-García ◽  
Oscar I. Flores-Barrientos ◽  
Isela E. Juárez-Rojop ◽  
Julio C. Robledo-Pascual ◽  
Manuel A. Baños-González ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank M. Davis ◽  
Danielle Horne ◽  
Scott F. Grey ◽  
Ashraf Mansour ◽  
Timothy Nypaver ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-397 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gregory de Lissovoy ◽  
Kathy Fraeman ◽  
Valerie Hutchins ◽  
Denise Murphy ◽  
David Song ◽  
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2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Astagneau ◽  
F. L'Hériteau ◽  
F. Daniel ◽  
P. Parneix ◽  
A.-G. Venier ◽  
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2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (S6) ◽  
Author(s):  
MA Alishaq ◽  
JA AlAjmi ◽  
B Al-Ali ◽  
F Saleh ◽  
M El-Sheik ◽  
...  

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 5234-5237
Author(s):  
Parimala L ◽  
Prathiba P

Surgical site infection (SSI) is the second most normal irresistible inconvenience after urinary tract disease following cesarean section (CS). Surgical site infection after a cesarean area is related with expanded maternal horribleness, delayed emergency clinic remain and expanded clinical expenses. The hazard for creating SSI has noteworthily diminished over the three decades, fundamentally inferable from progress in cleanliness condition anti-infection prophylaxis, sterile methodology and other practice. Despite this decrease, the occurrence of surgical site infection is expected in the continuous rise in the incidence of cesarean delivery. A quantitative approach with descriptive study design was chosen to assess the risk factor of surgical site infection among mothers who underwent cesarean section at Saveetha Medical College Hospital. Sixty mothers who fulfil inclusive criteria were selected by purposive sampling technique. Sociodemographic variables were collected by semi-structured questionnaire, and the risk factors were assessed by surgical site assessment scale. The result of the study shows that 22(36.6%) of the mothers were obese, 34 (56.6%) were anaemia, 22 (36.6%) had hypertension, 7 (11.6%) had diabetes mellitus,37 (61.6%) were prolonged hospitalized, 9(15%) of study subject had previous surgery and 18 (30%) of study subject had emergency surgery. The surgical site assessment scale reveals that 31(51.6%) comes under the no-risk category,29(48.3 %) comes under the risk among preoperative mothers, and 22(36.6%) comes under no risk, 38 (63.3 %) comes under risk among post-operative mothers who underwent cesarean section. Thus the factors such as anaemia, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, prolonged hospital stay, previous surgery, and emergency surgery increase the risk for surgical site infection among mothers who underwent cesarean section.


Author(s):  
Qiuxiang Huang

Cesarean Section (CS) is one of the most frequently executed surgical procedures in gynecology and obstetrics. After a cesarean section, surgical site infection (SSI) increases hospital stay, lengthens maternal morbidity, and upsurges treatment costs. The current study determines the prevalence and risk factors for surgical site infection following cesarean section in China. A retrospective study was conducted on 23 cases of pregnant women who underwent cesarean section and incision severe infection and detection from March 2017 to January 2020 at Wuhan Maternal and Child Healthcare Hospital in China as the study group, and 20 cases of uninfected cesarean section during the same period were selected as the control group. Data were compared with the controls based on study variables and the presence of SSI. The mean age was 31±2.6. High fever and blood loss were observed in serous SSI-infected patients. The incidence rate of severe surgical site infection was 0.15 %. SSI was observed to be expected in pregnant women who had premature rupture of membrane before surgery (p < 0.001), who underwent postoperative antibiotic therapy (p < 0.001), and the patients who had gestational diabetes mellitus (p <0.001) and hematoma (p < 0.001) during surgery. Hence, following a cesarean section, surgical site infection is common. This research discovered several modifiable risk factors. SSI is associated with multifactorial rather than a single one. The development and strict implementation of a procedure by all health care practitioners can successfully reduce and prevent infection rates following cesarean section.


2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 503
Author(s):  
Ahmet Sencer Ergin ◽  
Ogün Erşen ◽  
Ümit Mercan ◽  
Cemil Yüksel ◽  
Salim Demirci

Background: In this study, the effect of perioperative blood transfusion on infectious complications in patients undergoing curative surgery for gastric adenocarcinoma was investigated.Methods: The clinicopathological results of 312 patients who underwent curative gastrectomy were retrospectively analyzed. The effect of blood transfusion on the development of postoperative infectious complications were statistically analyzed.Results: In the subgroup of patients with intraoperative transfusion, surgical site infection incidence was found to be significantly higher in patient with 2U above ES transfusions. (p=0.014). In the subgroup of patients with postoperative transfusion, hospital stay (p<0.001), postoperative CRP values (p<0.001), surgical site infection incidence (p=0.049) and anastomosis leakage incidence (p<0.001) were found to be significantly higher in patient with 2U above ES transfusions. In the subgroup of patients with both intraoperative and postoperative transfusion, SSI, anastomotic leakage and any infective complication incidences were found to be significantly higher in patients with 2U and above transfusions. In multivariate analysis, age (p=0.015), BMI (p=0.011), intraoperative transfusion (p=0.011) and both intraoperative and postoperative transfusion (p=0.045) were found to be independent risk factors for infective complications.Conclusions: It was found that performing peroperative ES transfusion is associated with increased rates of infectious complications in patients undergoing curative gastrectomy for gastric cancer by causing immunomodulation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (8) ◽  
pp. 1836-1837
Author(s):  
S Aliza Z Bokhari ◽  
M. Irfan Fazal ◽  
Maha Naseem ◽  
M. Adnan Mumtaz ◽  
S. Mahum Z Bokhari ◽  
...  

Aim: To rule out incidence and risk factors that are associated with infection at site of surgery after cesarean section. Method: A type of retrospective study was conducted on 100 women who underwent cesarean delivery procedures within a period of 8 month from September 2020 to April 2021 and presented in surgical emergency at Mayo Hospital Lahore. The socioeconomic, demographic and clinical parameters of patients were collected by a questionnaire form. A program known as SPSS version 20 was used for analysis of data that is collected in study. Result: After analyzing the data following factors are identified that causes surgical site infection: Higher BMI (more than 30kg/m2), loss of blood during cesarean section(more than 500mL), poor hygienic care after cesarean section, poor socioeconomic status leads to malnutrition of patient and that leads to poor wound healing and surgical site infection. Lack of education is also a key factor in SSIs. Cesarean done in emergency under improper aseptic conditions also promote SSIs. All these factors are associated with incidence of SSI. Conclusion: SSIS are conventional among women presented in surgical emergency of Mayo Hospital Lahore within 30 days of cesarean section. Management of risk factors causing SSIs in women after cesarean section may decrease the incidence of such infections. Keywords: Cesarean section, risk factors, infection at surgery site.


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