Frecuencia y características de la infección del sitio quirúrgico en pacientes de cirugía. H.V.C.M. 2017.

Abstract

Introduction: Surgical site infections (SSI) are a frequent cause of morbidity and mortality in postsurgical patients, prolonging the stay and increasing hospital costs, so the present study was conducted to determine the frequency and characteristics of SSI in patients hospitalized in the surgery area of the Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso (HVCM).

Materials and Methods: A descriptive, analytical, prospective cross-sectional study was conducted in 285 patients hospitalized from May to July 2017; the results were determined by creating a database in the statistical program SPSS version 23, using absolute frequency, percentage, chi-square and risk estimation, which were represented in tables and graphs.

Results: The frequency of the SSI was 7.4%, with a predominance of: male sex (9.6%), deep type injuries (60%), life extremes; A statistically significant association was found between the presence of SSI and the specialty of neurosurgery (OR = 3.94, 95% CI: 1.20-19.8, p <0.05) and traumatology (OR = 4.13, IC95 %: 1.1-10.03, p <0.05). Staphylococcus aureus was the germ most that occurred most frequently in SSI.

Conclusions: SSI was significantly associated with the type of intervention, so regulations should be implemented to reduce its incidence and consequences in patients hospitalized in the area of surgery.