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Surgical site infections occurrence and associated risk factors: a matched case-control study
Nassab Fakhreddine1,2, Hani Dimassi1, Wissam Kabbara1
1Lebanese American University School of Pharmacy, Byblos, Lebanon.
Objective:
Surgical site infections (SSIs) pose a significant healthcare challenge, raising patient morbidity, mortality, and costs. Various intrinsic, patient-specific, and perioperative factors contribute to SSIs. This study aims to identify SSI-associated risk factors, microorganism types, and antibiotic susceptibility patterns in surgical patients.
Design:
This is a matched-case control study.
Setting:
The Lebanese American University Medical Center - Rizk Hospital, Beirut Lebanon.
Patients:
The study included surgical patients.
Methods:
This retrospective case-control study analyzed data from surgical patients over a five-year period, matching 113 SSI cases with controls in a 1:3 ratio by gender and surgery type.
Results:
Among 324 patients (81 cases vs 243 controls), hypoalbuminemia (<3.5 g/dL) and age ≥65 years were significantly associated with SSIs (P = .025 and P = .039), respectively. Antibiotic redosing was associated with lower odds of SSIs (OR = 0.19, P = .042), indicating a potential protective effect.
Conclusions:
Our findings were consistent with similar studies. Elderly patients and those with hypoalbuminemia were found to be at significantly higher risk of SSIs. Also, antibiotic redosing during prolonged surgeries was associated with reduced SSI risk. In terms of SSI rates, gastrointestinal surgeries (GIs) were the highest with 42.3% of GI cases followed appropriate antibiotic protocols. Like other studies, predominant microorganisms at wound site included E. coli and coagulase-negative staphylococci.
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