History of Depression and Increased Risk of Sternal Wound Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Novel and Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor | Zendy

Deborah Theodore | Zendy; Renée D. Goodwin | Zendy; Yuan Zhang | Zendy; Nancy Schneider | Zendy; Rachel Gordon | Zendy

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History of Depression and Increased Risk of Sternal Wound Infection After Cardiothoracic Surgery: A Novel and Potentially Modifiable Risk Factor

Author(s) -

Deborah Theodore,

Renée D. Goodwin,

Yuan Zhang,

Nancy Schneider,

Rachel Gordon

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofz083

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , odds ratio , risk factor , cardiothoracic surgery , logistic regression , disease , confidence interval , prospective cohort study , surgery , economics , macroeconomics

History of depression was associated with increased risk of SWI. Future prospective studies are warranted to further investigate this relationship. Depression is highly treatable, and increased efforts to identify and treat depression preoperatively may be a critical step toward preventing infection-related disease and death.

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