Clinical Predictors of Major Infections After Cardiac Surgery | Zendy

Vance G. Fowler | Zendy; Sean M. O’Brien | Zendy; Lawrence H. Muhlbaier | Zendy; G. Ralph Corey | Zendy; T. Bruce Ferguson | Zendy; Eric D. Peterson | Zendy

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Clinical Predictors of Major Infections After Cardiac Surgery

Author(s) -

Vance G. Fowler,

Sean M. O’Brien,

Lawrence H. Muhlbaier,

G. Ralph Corey,

T. Bruce Ferguson,

Eric D. Peterson

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.104.525790

Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinitis , perioperative , cardiac surgery , thoracotomy , logistic regression , derivation , surgery , artery , risk factor , odds ratio , cardiology

Major infections are infrequent but important complications of cardiac surgery. Predicting their occurrence is essential for future prevention. The objective of the current investigation was to create and validate a bedside scoring system to estimate patient risk for major infection (mediastinitis, thoracotomy or vein harvest site infection, or septicemia) after coronary artery bypass grafting.

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