Clinical Study
Risk Factor Analysis and Microbial Etiology of Surgical Site Infections following Lower Segment Caesarean Section
Table 3
Risk factor analysis of surgical site infections following LSCS.
| | Risk factor present | SSI present (out of 121) | SSI absent (out of 379) | P value |
| | Emergency procedure | 96 (79.3) | 319 (84.1) | <0.05 | | BMI > 25 | 21 (17.3) | 17 (4.5) | <0.05 | | Prolonged preop. hospital stay (3.11 ± 4.05 days) | 17 (14.1) | 34 (8.9) | <0.05 | | Prolonged total duration of stay after surgery (13.08 ± 4.71 days) | 8 (6.6) | 7 (1.8) | <0.05 | | Vertical skin incision | 24 (19.8) | 28 (7.4) | <0.05 | | PROM > 24 hrs (22.94 ± 2.4 hrs) | 31 (25.6) | 48 (12.7) | <0.05 | | Failure of timely antibiotic prophylaxis | 71 (58.7) | 40 (10.5) | <0.05 | | Preexisting medical illness | 5 (4.1) | 4 (1.1) | <0.05 | | Intraoperative blood transfusion | 17 (14) | 30 (7.9) | <0.05 | | Hb < 11 g% (10.43 ± 2.4) | 52 (43) | 121 (31.9) | >0.05 | | P/V > 3 | 33 (27.2) | 112 (29.5) | >0.05 | | General anaesthesia | 3 (2.5) | 4 (1) | >0.05 |
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P value < 0.05 taken significant.
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