Baddour L M, Kluge R M
Asepsis. 1989;11(2):10-7.
More than 250,000 open heart surgical procedures are performed annually in the United States. The majority of these procedures are coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG) and valve replacements. In this forum our authors discuss the kinds of infections that occur in patients following open heart surgery, as well as the documented risk factors and microbiology of these infections. We also asked each author to outline the criteria used to diagnose post open heart surgery infections, and to address associated consequences and complications. Finally, we were interested in each author's definition of the infection control practitioner's role in the prevention of this particular subset of nosocomial infections.
在美国，每年进行超过25万例心脏直视手术。这些手术大多数是冠状动脉旁路移植术（CABG）和瓣膜置换术。在本论坛中，我们的作者讨论了心脏直视手术后患者发生的感染类型，以及这些感染的记录在案的危险因素和微生物学。我们还要求每位作者概述用于诊断心脏直视手术后感染的标准，并阐述相关的后果和并发症。最后，我们想了解每位作者对感染控制从业者在预防这一特定类型医院感染中所起作用的定义。
