Pediatric surgical site infections in 287 hospitals in the United States, 2015-2018.

Roshni MathewJorge L SalinasHeather E HsuRobert JinChanu RheeGrace M Lee

Published in: Infection control and hospital epidemiology (2022)

Among 287 US hospitals reporting data between 2015 and 2018, annual pediatric surgical site infection (SSI) rates ranged from 0% for gallbladder to 10.4% for colon surgeries. Colon, spinal fusion, and small-bowel SSI rates did not decrease with greater surgical volumes in contrast to appendix and ventricular-shunt SSI rates.

Keyphrases

surgical site infection
small bowel
healthcare
heart failure
spinal cord
magnetic resonance
electronic health record
emergency department
adverse drug
big data
magnetic resonance imaging
contrast enhanced
drug induced