Dawson S J, Small H, Logan M N, Geringer S
Gloucester Public Health Laboratory, Gloucestershire Royal Hospital, Great Western Road, Gloucester GL1 3NN.
Commun Dis Public Health. 2000 Dec;3(4):300-2.
Ten infections associated with the use of epidural catheters for post-operative pain relief were identified in patients of a district general hospital in 1997 and 1998. A case control study showed that the infections were commoner in the summer months and associated with analgesia infused by syringes rather than pumps. Infection rates and risk factors can be analysed regularly if pain teams maintain a database of epidural catheters inserted, which includes information about infections.
1997年和1998年，一家地区综合医院的患者中发现了10例与使用硬膜外导管进行术后镇痛相关的感染病例。一项病例对照研究表明，感染在夏季更为常见，且与通过注射器而非泵注入的镇痛药物有关。如果疼痛治疗团队维护一个插入硬膜外导管的数据库，其中包括有关感染的信息，就可以定期分析感染率和风险因素。
