Al-Ebrahim K, Alsheikh A, Ramadan SA, Alshehri A, Aljohani B, Rami A, Khared M, Alzahrani A. Sternal Wound Infection Following Open Heart Surgery: Incidence, Risk Factor, Pathogen, and Mortality.
Heart Surg Forum 2023;
26:E134-E140. [PMID:
36856492 DOI:
10.1532/hsf.5355]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Due to its high morbidity and mortality after open-heart surgery, sternal wound infection (SWI) is one of the most important consequences to avoid and manage.
AIM
To assess the incidence, risk factor, causative organisms, and mortality of SWIs in patients who had open-heart surgery over a 9-year period at King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
METHODS
A retrospective study was done on 634 patients who underwent open heart surgery. Data was collected, including patient demographics, BMI, blood group, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, COPD, previous cardiac surgery, previous myocardial infarction, duration of the operation, blood transfusion during the operation, hospital length of stay, and bypass time with each type of sternal wound infection.
RESULTS
The incidence of SSWI and DSWI was 8.6% and 4.1%, respectively. Coagulase-negative staphylococcus was the most frequently isolated organism from SSWI and DSWI patients. A concomitant diabetes mellitus that necessitates blood transfusion was identified as one of the risk variables for SSWI in a multivariate regression study. While concomitant diabetes, being a woman, and a lengthy hospital stay were independently linked with DSWI. Compared with the SSWI group, the 30-day mortality rate for DSWI patients was 3.8% as opposed to 3.7%, and the difference in survival was not statistically significant. Having an older, longer bypass time, and postoperative problems were independent risk factors for 30-day mortality.
CONCLUSION
Future studies in various healthcare settings are required in order to generalize the results because this was a single center study.
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