Open AccessTrends in Postoperative Sepsis: Are We Improving Outcomes?
Author(s) -
Todd R. Vogel,
Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy,
Stephen F. Lowry
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
surgical infections
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.773
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1557-8674
pISSN - 1096-2964
DOI - 10.1089/sur.2008.046
Subject(s) - medicine , sepsis , elective surgery , incidence (geometry) , healthcare cost and utilization project , surgery , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , health care , physics , optics , economics , economic growth
Each year, as many as two million operations are complicated by surgical site infections in the United States, and surgical patients account for 30% of patients with sepsis. The purpose of this study was to determine recent trends in sepsis incidence, severity, and mortality rate after surgical procedures and to evaluate changes in the pattern of septicemia pathogens over time.