Gender-related risk factors for surgical site infections. Results from 10 years of surveillance in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Surgical site infections (SSI) are among the most frequently occurring healthcare-associated infections worldwide. Various analyses to determine risk factors have been conducted in the past, generally attributing a higher SSI-risk to male patients. However, when focusing on specific procedures, this is not always true. Our objective was to identify for which procedures male or female sex represents an independent risk factor for SSI and which parameters may explain these differences.

Methods

We used the database of surgical procedures from the German national nosocomial infection surveillance system. We included procedures conducted between 2008 and 2017. We excluded procedures solely executed for one sex (e.g. mastectomy) and procedures with 20,000 or fewer opera

SUBMITTER: Aghdassi SJS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6547551 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature