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Case-Control Study of Risk Factors for Mediastinitis After Cardiovascular Surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 June 2016

M. J. López Gude ,
R. San Juan ,
J. M. Aguado ,
L. Maroto ,
F. López-Medrano ,
J. M. Cortina Romero  and
J. J. Rufilanchas
M. J. López Gude
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
R. San Juan*
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
J. M. Aguado
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
L. Maroto
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
F. López-Medrano
Affiliation:
Unit of Infectious Diseases, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
J. M. Cortina Romero
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
J. J. Rufilanchas
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University Hospital “12 de Octubre”, Madrid, Spain
*
Unidad de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Edificio Maternidad, planta 6°, Avenida de Andalucía km 5, 400, 28041 Madrid, Spain (rafasjg@yahoo.es)
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Abstract

We report results of a case-control study in which we evaluated 41 risk factors potentially associated with the development of post-surgical mediastinitis. There were 163 case patients and 326 control patients. Independent risk factors kept in the final multivariate logistic regression model were obesity (defined as a body mass index of greater than 30), diabetes mellitus, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, preoperative stay longer than 1 week, pulmonary hypertension, perioperative myocardial infarction, and reoperation.

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Concise Communications
Information
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology , Volume 27 , Issue 12 , December 2006 , pp. 1397 - 1400
Copyright
Copyright © The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America 2006

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