Postoperative Sepsis

Costs of postoperative sepsis: the business case for quality improvement to reduce postoperative sepsis in veterans affairs hospitals.

OBJECTIVE To estimate the incremental costs associated with sepsis as a complication of general surgery, controlling for patient risk factors that may affect costs (eg, surgical complexity and comorbidity) and hospital-level variation in costs. DESIGN Database analysis. SETTING One hundred eighteen Veterans Health Affairs hospitals. PATIENTS A total of 13 878 patients undergoing general s...

Incidence of Post-Operative Sepsis and Role of Charlson Co-Morbidity Score for Predicting Postoperative Sepsis.

Sepsis and septic shock are among mortality causes following major surgeries. The Charlson co-morbidity index consists of 19 weighted categories related to chronic health which measures the burden of co-morbidity. The goal of this study was to determine the incidence of postoperative sepsis in patients underwent gynecological and gastrointestinal cancer surgeries and predictive role of Charlson...

incidence of post-operative sepsis and role of charlson co-morbidity score for predicting postoperative sepsis

sepsis and septic shock are among mortality causes following major surgeries. the charlson co-morbidity index consists of 19 weighted categories related to chronic health which measures the burden of co-morbidity. the goal of this study was to determine the incidence of postoperative sepsis in patients underwent gynecological and gastrointestinal cancer surgeries and predictive role of charlson...

Bacterial air contamination and its relation to postoperative sepsis.

Perioperative gene expression analysis for prediction of postoperative sepsis.

BACKGROUND Postoperative sepsis is one of the main causes of death after major abdominal surgery; however, the immunologic factors contributing to the development of sepsis are not completely understood. In this study, we evaluated gene expression in patients who developed postoperative sepsis and in patients with an uncomplicated postoperative course. METHODS We enrolled 220 patients in a re...