Impact of weather on the risk of surgical site infections in a tropical area

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2019-01-01

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Fortaleza, Carlos Magno Castelo Branco [UNESP]
Silva, Marina de Oliveira [UNESP]
Saad Rodrigues, Fernanda [UNESP]
da Cunha, Antônio Ribeiro [UNESP]

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We studied the impact of average daily temperature and relative humidity on the risk of surgical site infections in 36,429 surgeries performed in a hospital in inner Brazil. Adjusted Poisson regression models found an association between surgical site infections and temperature (rate ratio [RR], 1.013; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.001-1.025). The effect was concentrated on clean wound procedures and was greater over the 75th (RR, 1.109; 95% CI, 1.015-1.212) and 90th (RR, 1.196; 95% CI, 1.055-1.355) percentiles of daily temperature.

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Surgical site infections, Tropical area, Weather

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American Journal of Infection Control, v. 47, n. 1, p. 92-94, 2019.