Risk factors of wound infection after lung transplantation: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The incidence of incision infection after lung transplantation is prominently high which affect the prognosis. Summarizing the risk factors related to incision infection after lung transplantation contribute to the control of incision infection by pre-controlling the risk factors. The objective is to summarize risk factors related to wound infection after lung transplantation.

Methods

PubMed was used to research the literature relating to the risk factors to incision infection after lung transplantation through 1990 to 2022. The retrieval strategy were Medical Subject Heading (MeSH) terms combined entry terms. Two researchers conducted the literature retrieval independently. Two researchers independently evaluate the quality of the literature and sum

SUBMITTER: Qian W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9264078 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature