doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.0900 Key Points Question Is the practice of preoperative urine culture associated with reduced risk of postoperative urinary tract infection or surgical site infection? Findings In this cohort study of 250 389 US veterans who underwent 288 858 surgical proced...
Most common complications were wound infections including surgical-site infection and wound dehiscence (11 patients, 2.7%), sepsis (10 patients, 2.5%), blood loss (nine patients, 2.2%), and deep vein thrombosis (DVT; seven pat...
The investigation of eight major complications, including acute myocardial infarction, acute renal failure, deep-wound infection pneumonia, postoperative bleeding, pulmonary embolism, septicemia, and stroke, adds granularity to the understanding of the outcomes. Furthermore, the concentration on individuals ...
(7.47%), blood transfusion (43.76%), postoperative shock (2.47%), stroke (2.50%), arrhythmia (1.44%), continuous trauma ventilation (16.10%), dislocation of joint (28.44%), hemorrhage (7.61%), wound rupture/unhealed (3.24%), wound infection (2.85%), chest pain (1.02%), and pyemia (...
The purpose of this study was to compare complication rates at the mandibulotomy site between patients receiving preoperative radiotherapy (RT) and those receiving postoperative RT during treatment for oral and oropharyngeal cancer where the surgical procedure required a mandibular osteotomy to gain access...
Claims data has usually been used in recent studies to identify cases of healthcare-associated infection. However, several studies have indicated that the ICD-9-CM codes might be inappropriate for identifying such cases from claims data; therefore, sever
Surgical site infection; CVA: Cerebrovascular accident; DVT: Deep vein thrombosis; IQR: Interquartile range; CT: Computed tomography; DXA: Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry; BIA: Bioimpedance analysis; PJIs: Prosthetic joint infections; PSD: Paraspinal muscle density; SMI: Skeletal muscle index; CSA...
surgical complications (surgical site infections, wound dehiscence), medical complications (pneumonia, urinary tract infection, seizure, cardiac arrest, bleeding/transfusions, systemic sepsis, unplanned intubation), readmission, and reoperation.#The bilateral cohort was older (696 days versus 619 days,P<...
Patients with a BMI of 30 to 34.99 and 35 to 39.99kg/m2 had a significantly increased risk of cellulitis, surgical site infection, need for debridement, wound dehiscence, and flap failure. ConclusionOur study illustrates that there is an increased risk of postoperative complications associated with...
The Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America, The Association for Practitioners in Infection Control, The Centers for Disease Control, The Surgical Infection Society (1992) Consensus paper on the surveillance of surgical wound infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 13:599–605 Article Google Schol...