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Readmissions for surgical site infections following caesarean section
Author(s) -
ElAchi Vanessa,
Wan King Man,
Brown James,
Marshall Drew,
McGee Therese
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/ajo.12796
Subject(s) - caesarean section , medicine , incidence (geometry) , surgical site infection , retrospective cohort study , overweight , obstetrics , surgery , pregnancy , obesity , biology , genetics , physics , optics
This retrospective study was conducted to identify the incidence and characteristics associated with readmissions for surgical site infections following caesarean section in a tertiary hospital from 2012 to 2015. Of 6334 patients who underwent caesarean section, 165 (2.6%) were readmitted, most commonly for surgical site infection (25.5%, n = 42). Thirty‐seven of these patients (88%) had an emergency caesarean compared to five (12%) following an elective caesarean section. Of the women with surgical site infections, 69% were overweight and 14% had diabetes. Emergency caesarean sections were responsible for the majority of readmissions, particularly in women with co‐morbidities that predisposed them to infection.