Agents related to an operative site infection in operated older adults at the Naval Medical Center, 2013 - 2017
| Autor: | Lucía Fernanda Hidalgo-Vizarreta, Magdiel José Manuel Gonzales-Menéndez, Cecilia Roxana Salinas-Salas |
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| Jazyk: | Spanish; Castilian |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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| Zdroj: | Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana, Vol 19, Iss 3, Pp 43-47 (2019) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1814-5469 2308-0531 |
| DOI: | 10.25176/RFMH.v19i3.2163 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSI) are part of the most frequent intrahospital infections in the postoperative period of elderly patients. Objective:To determine the agents related to infections of the operative site in the elderly patients after surgery of the Naval Medical Center during January 2013 to December. Methods:An analytical cross sectional study using a secondary data analysis from clinical records of patients older than 65 years post-operated. SSI was studied has outcome, and arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, malignant neoplasia, obesity, surgical technique and type of surgery were the agents. Results:Of the 219 older adults, 33.33% (n=73) had SSI. In the bivariate analysis, statistically significant associations were found for diabetes mellitus (PR: 1.49, CI 1.03 - 2.18, p |
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