The Association of Diabetes and Glucose Control With Surgical-Site Infections Among Cardiothoracic Surgery Patients

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Authors

Robert H. Latham · Vanderbilt University

Ava D. Lancaster · Saint Thomas West Hospital

Janet F. Covington · Saint Thomas West Hospital

John S. Pirolo · Saint Thomas West Hospital

Clarence S. Thomas · Saint Thomas West Hospital

Abstract

Postoperative hyperglycemia and previously undiagnosed diabetes are associated with development of SSIs among cardiothoracic surgery patients. Screening for diabetes and hyperglycemia among patients having cardiothoracic surgery may be warranted to prevent postoperative and chronic complications of this metabolic abnormality.

Topics & Keywords

Surgical site infection prevention Hyperglycemia and glycemic control in critically ill and hospitalized patients Cardiac and Coronary Surgery Techniques

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volume 22, Issue 10, pp. 607-612

DOI: 10.1086/501830

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