Risk Factors for Sternal Wound Infection in Child After Cardiac Surgery

Purpose: To identify a pediatric patient who is at risk for a sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery based on the study of Ben-Ami et al.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a pediatric patient who has undergone cardiac surgery involving median sternotomy?

Yes

Age of the child

Did the child have cyanotic heart disease?

Yes

Duration of central venous catheter use after surgery

days

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Results Interpretation and Description References Next Steps

Data complete?

Evaluation appropriate?

Number of risk factors for sternal wound infection

The risk of the patient developing a sternal wound infection is

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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 Identifying Patients Likely to Fail Surgical Salvage of Sternal Wound Infection
- Risk Factors for Major Sternal Wound Infections After Open Heart Surgery

Specialty

Infectious Diseases

Objective

risk factors
complications
failure handling and therapy escalation
adverse effects
surgery

ICD-10

T82.7 - Infection and inflammatory reaction due to other cardiac and vascular devices, implants and grafts

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Purpose: To identify a pediatric patient who is at risk for a sternal wound infection following cardiac surgery based on the study of Ben-Ami et al.

Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Objective: risk factors, complications, failure handling and therapy escalation, adverse effects, surgery

ICD-10: T82.7,

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