Infections in patients after thoracic surgery
Zajac-Lenczewska, I.; Czarniak, E.; Skokowski, J.; Samet, A.
Pneumonologia i Alergologia Polska 71(1-2): 36-42
2003
ISSN/ISBN: 0867-7077 PMID: 12959022 Document Number: 566534
Purpose of this paper was estimation of occurrence of postoperative complications caused by most common infection agents. Research covered 1662 hospitalised patients during 2000-2001. Clinical records of patients and results from bacteriological research were analysed. Analysis of etiological agents were based on 779 clinical samples. In postoperative period infection was observed in 138 patients (9.2%). Among them 158 episodes of infection occurred. Totally for 138 patients, 158 infections were observed in postoperative period. 9% of all (1662)-operated patients had postoperative infections. In that number were: 98 (6.5%)--bronchopulmonary infection, 25 (1.7%)--empyema, 21 (1.4%)--wound infections, 10 (0.7%)--urinary tract infection, 4 (0.3%)--sepsis. All those complications caused 14 deaths. 1. Thoracic surgeries were connected with quite high risk of postoperative infections. 2. The most common postoperative complication was bronchopneumonia. 3. The most common etiological agent in thoracic surgery infections was Pseudomonas aeruginosa.