Are we really seeing the total costs of surgical site infections? A Spanish study

JL Alfonso, SB Pereperez, JM Canoves… - Wound repair and …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
… obtained in this study was higher than the mean figures described in the so-called EPINE
(Surveillance and assessment of prevalence of nosocomial infections in Spain) 19 and for …

Epidemiology of surgical-site infections diagnosed after hospital discharge a prospective cohort study

M Delgado-Rodríguez, A Gómez-Ortega… - Infection Control & …, 2001 - cambridge.org
… class) were analyzed,7 and two Spanish studies based on a small number of postdischarge
SSIs (less than 25).-11 Knowledge of the risk factors for postdischarge SSI may help in …

Surgical site infection incidence and risk factors in knee arthroplasty: A 9-year prospective cohort study at a university teaching hospital in Spain

AI Hijas-Gómez, WC Lucas, A Checa-García… - … journal of infection …, 2018 - Elsevier
… of risk factors critical to reduce infection. The aims of this study were to compare the incidence
of SSI in our center with rates in the Madrid Region, Spain, and the United States, and to …

Incidence of surgical site infection in colon surgery: comparison with regional, National Spanish, and United States standards

D Acín-Gándara, G Rodríguez-Caravaca… - … Infections, 2013 - liebertpub.com
… The goal of this study was to estimate the SSI incidence in colon surgery in … as Spain
and the United States. Furthermore, it attempted to assess the extent of observance of pre-operative

Incidence of surgical site infection and risk factors in rectal surgery: a prospective cohort study

E Colás-Ruiz, JA Del-Moral-Luque, P Gil-Yonte… - Cirugía Española …, 2018 - Elsevier
… of nosocomial infection in Spain. … study was to study the incidence of surgical site infection
and to evaluate the risk factors leading to its development in patients undergoing rectal surgery

Surgical site infection rates and risk factors in orthopedic pediatric patients in Madrid, Spain

AQ Viqueira, GR Caravaca, JAQ Rubio… - … Pediatric infectious …, 2014 - journals.lww.com
… The objective of the study is to study surgical site infection (SSI) rates and risk factors in a …
health center during the study period was lower than that of other hospitals in Spain which also …

Epidemiological surveillance of surgical site infection and its risk factors in cardiac surgery: a prospective cohort study

A Figuerola-Tejerina, G Rodríguez-Caravaca… - Revista Espanola de …, 2016 - Elsevier
… by the INCLIMECC-Spain group and the NHSN of the United States, our incidence of SSI
after valve surgery was 50% lower than in the other Spanish hospitals comprising the …

[PDF][PDF] Rates of surgical site infection in cholecystectomy: Comparison between a University Teaching hospital, Madrid Region, Spain, and USA rates

G Rodríguez-Caravaca, P Gil-Yonte… - Revista de …, 2018 - medigraphic.com
… This study observed an SSI incidence of 1.96%, which is lower than the mean for the Madrid
Region and Spain overall but higher than the figures issued by the NSHN/CDC9. The SIR …

Surgical wound infection rates in Spain: data summary, January 1997 through June 2012

CDA Pérez, AR Rodela, MJP López… - … journal of infection …, 2014 - Elsevier
… A total of 370,015 patients were included, and the overall incidence of surgical wound
infection (SWI) was 4.51%. SWI rates are provided by NHSN operating procedure category and …

Surgical wound infection rates and risk factors in spinal fusion in a university teaching hospital in Madrid, Spain

AI Hijas-Gómez, RM Egea-Gámez, J Martínez-Martín… - Spine, 2017 - journals.lww.com
surgical wound infection rate proved to be lower than those for the Madrid Region and Spain
A methodological systematic review on surgical site infections following spinal surgery: part …