Prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass time as predictive factor for bloodstream infection.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the correlation between patient characteristics, operative variables and the risk of blood stream infection as well as the association of primary blood stream infection and adverse outcomes.

Methods

Clinical records of 6500 adult patients who underwent open heart surgery between February 2008 and October 2020 were analyzed. The microbiological pattern of the primary BSI and its association with adverse events, such as mortality and major cardiovascular events, were evaluated.

Results

Primary bloodstream infection was diagnosed in 1.7% (n = 108) of patients following cardiac surgery with the application of cardiopulmonary bypass. Most isolated bacteria were gram-negative bacillus groups, such as the Enterobacteriaceae family with Serrata marcesce

SUBMITTER: Mork C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10293714 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature