Diagnosis of infection after cardiovascular surgery (DICS): a study protocol for developing and validating a prediction model in prospective observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Postoperative infection (PI) is one of the main severe complications after cardiovascular surgery. Therefore, antibiotics are routinely used during the first 48 hours after cardiovascular surgery. However, there is no effective method for early diagnosis of infection after cardiovascular surgery, particularly, to determine whether postoperative patients need to prolong the use of antibiotics after the first 48 hours. In this study, we aim to develop and validate a diagnostic model to help identify whether a patient has been infected after surgery and guide the appropriate use of antibiotics.

Methods and analysis

In this prospective study, we will develop and validate a diagnostic model to determine whether the patient has a bacterial infection within 48 hours af

SUBMITTER: Zhang HT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8458369 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature