ArticleSurgical infections2017
Risk Factors for 30-Day Hospital Re-Admission with an Infectious Complication after Lower-Extremity Vascular Procedures.
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- Impact of Patient Safety Indicators on readmission after abdominal aortic surgery.Journal of vascular nursing : official publication of the Society for Peripheral Vascular Nursing · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundLowering the 30-d re-admission rate after vascular surgery offers the potential to improve healthcare quality. This study evaluated re-admission associated with infections after open and endovascular lower extremity (LE) procedures for peripheral artery disease (PAD).
methodsPatients admitted for elective LE procedures for PAD were selected from the Cerner Health Facts
resultsA total of 7,089 patients underwent elective LE procedures, of whom 770 (10.9%) were re-admitted within 30 d. A total of 289 (37.5%) had a diagnosis of infection during the re-admission. These infections included surgical site (14.8%), cellulitis (13.6%), sepsis (8.8%), urinary tract (4.9%), and pneumonia (4.9%). Index stay factors associated with infection at re-admission were fluid and electrolyte disorders, kidney disease, diabetes, previous infection, and chronic anemia. Laboratory results associated with an infection during re-admission were post-operative hemoglobin <8 g/dL, blood urea nitrogen >20 mg/dL, platelet counts >400 × 10
conclusionsInfectious complications were associated with more than one-third of all re-admissions after LE procedures. Predictors of re-admission within 30 d with an infectious complication were longer stay, greater co-morbidity burden, hospitalization in teaching facilities, hemoglobin <8 g/dL, and an infection during the index stay. Microbiology examination at re-admission demonstrated gram-negative bacteria in more than 40% of infections. Further evaluation of high-risk vascular patients prior to discharge and consideration of antibiotic administration for gram-negative organisms at the time of re-admission may improve outcomes.
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