caa a22 4500 47706471X CHVBK 20180405111409.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02863208 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02863208 Wound infections after open heart surgery [Elektronische Daten] [Shalini Kakar, B. Mishra, S. Khanna, A. Mandal] One-hundred and fifty patients undergoing open heart surgery were investigated for development of postoperative wound infections. These patients underwent midline sternotmy for various procedures like coronary artery bypass, valve replacements and repair of congenital defects. Sternal wound infections developed in 14 (9.3%) patients. Two patients of coronary bypass developed leg wound infections. Possible risk factors were evaluated by univariate analysis. Results indicated that length of stay in the ICU, re-exploration/resuturing and prolonged use of intravascular and urinary catheters and chest tubes were significantly associated with increased risk of wound infection (p value < 0.05). Indian Association of Cardiovascular-Thoracic Surgeons, 1996 Kakar Shalini Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut Mishra B. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut Khanna S. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut Mandal A. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer India 12/1-2(1996-06-01), 21-25 0970-9134 12:1-2<21 1996 12 12055 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863208 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02863208 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kakar Shalini Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mishra B. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Khanna S. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Mandal A. Departments of Microbiology, G.B. Pant Hospital, New Delhi, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Springer India 12/1-2(1996-06-01), 21-25 0970-9134 12:1-2<21 1996 12 12055 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer