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Sources of Variation in Hospital-Level Infection Rates After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Heart Surgery Database Donald S. Likosky, PhD, Amelia S. Wallace, MS, Richard L. Prager, MD, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, Min Zhang, PhD, Steven D. Harrington, MD, MBA, Paramita Saha-Chaudhuri, PhD, Patricia F. Theurer, BSN, Astrid Fishstrom, LMSW, Rachel S. Dokholyan, MPH, David M. Shahian, MD, J. Scott Rankin, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 100, Issue 5, Pages (November 2015) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 1 Histogram of overall rate of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) among 1,084 participating hospitals. HAIs were defined as pneumonia, sepsis/septicemia, deep sternal wound infection/mediastinitis, vein harvest/cannulation infection, or thoracotomy infection. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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Fig 2 Risk of composite end point by strata of hospital-acquired infections among 1,084 participating hospitals. Morbidity and mortality are defined as any of the following: operative mortality, reoperation for cardiac reasons, renal failure (in patients without preoperative dialysis or preoperative creatinine >4 mg/dL), or prolonged ventilation. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2015 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
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