Sternal Wound Infection Surgery Risk Factors | Medical Algorithm

Are you evaluating a patient who has a sternal wound infection following a medial sternotomy?

Yes

Did the patient undergo a coronary artery bypass grafting?

Yes

Are wound cultures of the sternotomy site positive for a pathogenic organism?

Yes

Are blood cultures positive for a pathogenic organism?

Yes

Was the left internal mammary artery used for a bypass graft?

Yes

Results

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors associated with failure of a conservative surgical approach

Should closure with a muscle flap be used rather than rewiring?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Classification for Postoperative Mediastinitis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
- Estimating the Risk of Mediastinitis After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Using the ACC/AHA Risk Score
- Preoperative Scoring System of Friedman et al for Risk of Sternal Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery (Australian Clinical Risk Index)
Complications

Therapy

Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
Surgery

Monitoring

Adverse Effects
- Risk Factors for Major Sternal Wound Infections After Open Heart Surgery
- Risk Factors for Sternal Wound Infection in Child After Cardiac Surgery

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10

Risk Factors Identifying Patients Likely to Fail Surgical Salvage of Sternal Wound Infection

Purpose: To evaluate a patient with a sternal wound infection to determine if a conservative surgical approach is likely to fail.

Evaluation

Results

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Therapy

Monitoring

Specialty

Objective

ICD-10