Surgical site infection following cesarean section and its associated risk factors at a tertiary care hospital in Chitwan

Authors

  • Renuka Tamrakar Mishra
  • Kishor Adhikari
  • Sandesh Lamichhane
  • Abinash Baniya
  • Subash Subedi
  • Manoj Shahi
  • Swikriti Shrestha
  • Bipana Gurung

Keywords:

Cesarean section; Hospital stay; Surgical site infection.

Abstract

Background: Surgical site infection following Cesarean Section is one of the major potential surgical complications with its incidence ranging from 3-15%. Morbidity and mortality are considerably in­creased after a surgical site infection placing a significant physical, emotional and economic burden on the patient herself. This study is aimed to identify the associated risk factors for postcesarean surgical site infection at a tertiary care hospital in Chitwan.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study of 186 women who underwent a cesarean section was carried out in Chitwan Medical College Teaching Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal from 27thDecember 2019 to 19th February 2020. Data were collected from patients using a self-constructed questionnaire and their risk factors were studied.

Results: A total of 186 cases were studied and the incidence rate of surgical site infection was 13 (6.99%). The mean age was 26.13±4.94. Among the total cases, 87.10% of cases were literate while 12.90% of cases were illiterate. Out of total surgical site infection cases, infection was more prevalent (84.62%) among those with preoperative hospitalization of ≤ 24 hours and (53.85%) among those who stayed in the hospital for < 5 days.

Conclusions: Education level, duration of preoperative hospitalization and total hospital stay were found to be significant risk factors associated with surgical site infection and appropriate measures to address these risk factors help to lower the rate of surgical site infection.

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Published

2020-12-17

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Mishra, R. T., Adhikari, K., Lamichhane, S., Baniya, A., Subedi, S., Shahi, M., Shrestha, S., & Gurung, B. (2020). Surgical site infection following cesarean section and its associated risk factors at a tertiary care hospital in Chitwan. Journal of Chitwan Medical College, 10(4), 47–51. Retrieved from https://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JCMC/article/view/33463

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