Pediatric surgical site infections in 287 hospitals in the United States, 2015-2018.

ABSTRACT: Among 287 US hospitals reporting data between 2015 and 2018, annual pediatric surgical site infection (SSI) rates ranged from 0% for gallbladder to 10.4% for colon surgeries. Colon, spinal fusion, and small-bowel SSI rates did not decrease with greater surgical volumes in contrast to appendix and ventricular-shunt SSI rates.

SUBMITTER: Mathew R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10111852 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature