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Dispatch
Costs of Surgical Site Infections
That Appear after Hospital Discharge
Nicholas Graves,*†
Kate Halton,*† Merrilyn Curtis,* Shane Doidge,* David Lairson,‡ Marylou
McLaws,§ and Michael Whitby*
*The Centre for Healthcare Related Infection Surveillance and Prevention,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; †Queensland University of Technology,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia; ‡University of Texas Health Science Center
at Houston, Houston, Texas, USA; and §University of New South Wales, Sydney,
New South Wales, Australia
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Appendix 2. Clinical characteristics of included
patients by surgical site infection (SSI) |
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Characteristics |
% (no.) |
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No SSI, n = 411 |
SSI, n = 38 |
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Duration of surgery (min), mean (SD) |
115.89 (64.57) |
130.00 (66.50) |
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Length of hospital stay (d), mean (SD) |
7.84 (8.92) |
7.39 (5.60) |
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ICD-10 system* |
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Blood and blood-forming organs |
0.49 (2) |
0.00% (0) |
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Breast |
2.92 (12) |
5.26 (2) |
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Cardiovascular |
19.71 (81) |
42.11 (16) |
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Dental |
0.24 (1) |
0 |
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Dermatologic |
0.97 (4) |
0 |
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Digestive |
13.14 (54) |
13.16 (5) |
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Endocrine |
2.43 10) |
2.63 (1) |
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Gynecologic |
3.65 (15) |
13.16 (5) |
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Male genital organs |
0.73 (3) |
0.00 (0) |
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Musculoskeletal |
46.47 (191) |
18.42 (7) |
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Nose, mouth, and pharynx |
0.73 (3) |
0 |
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Obstetric |
3.16 (13) |
5.26 (2) |
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Respiratory |
2.19 (9) |
0 |
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Urinary |
1.70 (7) |
0 |
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American Association of Anaesthetists |
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Not documented |
2.43 (10) |
0.00 (0) |
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Normal healthy patient |
8.76 (36) |
10.53 (4) |
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Mild systemic disease |
47.93 (197) |
42.11 (16) |
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Severe systemic disease |
34.06 (140) |
34.21 (13) |
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Severe systemic disease; patient not expected to
survive |
5.84 (24) |
10.53 (4) |
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Moribund patient |
0 |
0 |
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Wound |
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Clean |
85.40 (351) |
76.32 (29) |
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Clean-contaminated |
13.38 (55) |
23.68 (9) |
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Contaminated |
0.24 (1) |
0 |
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Dirty |
0.24 (1) |
0 |
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Unknown |
0.24 (1) |
0 |
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Coexisting conditions |
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0 |
8.76 (36) |
13.16 (5) |
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1 |
24.33 (100) |
13.16 (5) |
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2 |
31.39 (129) |
26.32 (10) |
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3 |
17.52 (72) |
13.16 (5) |
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4 |
11.68 (48) |
5.26 (2) |
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>5 |
6.33 (26) |
28.95 (11) |
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*ICD-10, International Classification of Diseases,
10th edition. |
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