Frecuencia de infecciones del sitio quirúrgico en pacientes post apendicectomía, Hospital José Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, 2017.

Abstract

Background: Surgical site infection (SSI) is a public health problem by increasing the length of stay, costs and re-admissions, and therefore affecting the patient's working status; In this research, the frequency of SSI in appendectomized patients was established. Objective: to determine the frequency of infections of the surgical site and its characteristics in appendectomized patients in the José Carrasco Arteaga Hospital. Basin. 2017 Methodology: the study was descriptive, transversal, documentary, in the period between January and December of 2017; We worked with the universe of study. A data collection form was used as an instrument. The technique was the observation of clinical histories of the computerized system of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security AS400. Subsequently, the data entry was made in Excel 2016 and the analysis in SPSS v 25. Results: the frequent age range was 31 to 40 years, male (54.95%), urban residence (71.61%) and mestizos (99.45%). The frequency of SSI was 4.95%, having an ASA I classification of 74.1%, the duration of surgery was 1 to 2 hours (77.8%), the technique applied was laparoscopic (96.7%). %), the frequency of SSI was higher in the conventional one (11.1%); the patients apparently did not have comorbidity in their majority, the mean hospital stay was 1.56 days and they did not need re-entry for the treatment of SSI (92.6%). Conclusion: a low frequency of patients with SSI was found, which could be due to the implementation of better biosecurity and antibiotic prophylaxis schemes.