Prevalence and indicators of post cesarean surgical site infection in Minia maternity university hospital | ||
| Minia Journal of Medical Research | ||
| Article 41, Volume 30, Issue 4, October 2019, Pages 260-265 PDF (291.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/mjmr.2022.221736 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ayman N. Abdel magid; Ameer A. Abdallah; Reham R. Taha; Amal K. Saad | ||
| Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, El-Minia Faculty of Medicine | ||
| Abstract | ||
| background: Surgical site infection (SSI) after a cesarean section increases maternal morbidity and medical costs (Cooper et al., 2002). Objective of this study: Was to determine the prevalence and indicators of surgical site infection among women having elective cesarean section in maternity hospital Minia University during the period of the study. Methods: A across sectional study was conducted on all 500 women who had elective cesarean section during period from 1 st February 2018 till 30 july 2018 in maternity hospital Minia university, obstetrics and gynecology department. Data on history of the patient, patient specific demographic information on potential risk factors and the occurrence of Surgical Site infections in the first 30 days following surgery were collected using pretested data collection form. In addition, relevant data were also abstracted from the medical files of the cases. Then data were cleaned, edited and fed to computer and analyzed using SPSS for window version 19. Finally Statistical test for significance was employed using chi-squared (X 2) where appropriate at 5% level of significance. Results: Among 471 mothers included in the study 119 (23.3%) developed SSI after elective LSCS mainly superficial type (93.3%) include only skin and subsutenous tissue, body mass index more than (30) were 68.1%, lack of antenatal care 90(75.6%) thickness of subcutenous fat more than 2 cm 93.3% and Suturing techniques had significantly increased odds of SSI. Conclusion: It has been revealed that Surgical Site Infections rate is (23.3%) mainly superficial. BMI, Thickness of subcutenous fat, Antenatal care and type of sutures were significantly increased odds of SSI. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Surgical site infection; antenatal care; Minia university | ||
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