RT Book, Section
A1 Shaughnessy, Erin E.
A1 Sitzman, Thomas J.
A2 Shah, Samir S.
A2 Kemper, Alex R.
A2 Ratner, Adam J.
SR Print(0)
ID 1157324754
T1 Surgical Site Infections
T2 Pediatric Infectious Diseases: Essentials for Practice, 2e
YR 2019
FD 2019
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259861536
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1157324754
RD 2024/04/23
AB A  surgical  site  infection  (SSI)  is  an  infection  that  occurs  after  surgery  in  the  part  of  the  body  where  the  surgery  took  place.1,2  National  rates  of  SSI  in  children  range  from  1.8%3  to  2.5%.4  However,  SSI  rates  vary  according  to  the  specific  center  and  also  according  to  the  type  of  surgery.4  Surgical  procedures  with  elevated  rates  of  SSI  in  children  include  cardiothoracic  (2.3–5%),5  neurosurgical  ventricular  shunt  (5.7–10.4%),6  and  spinal  fusion  (4.4–10.2%).7–9