Status:
COMPLETED
Study Evaluating Severe Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) Following Contaminated Or Dirty-infected Abdominal Surgery
Lead Sponsor:
Pfizer
Conditions:
Surgical Wound Infection
Postoperative Wound Infection
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Brief Summary
This is an observational study to evaluate the relative importance of the known risk factors for severe surgical site infections (SSIs) on the development of the more severe SSI cases, and to describe...
Detailed Description
Case and Control study.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Age of or above 18 years.
- Admitted to a General Surgery Ward for elective or emergency abdominal surgery.
- Contaminated or dirty-infected surgical procedures.
- Only for cases, they will have to present symptoms and signs of a surgical site infection (SSI) (within 0-30 days) after abdominal surgery.
- Only for controls, patients must be free of SSI after 30 days from surgery, regardless of whether they are still in the hospital or being observed as an outpatient in the external clinic.
Exclusion
- Age under 18 years.
- American Society of Anesthesiologist (ASA) score of 5 or above.
- Surgical implant in place.
- Clean or clean-contaminated surgical procedures.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
November 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00906074
Start Date
February 1 2009
End Date
November 1 2010
Last Update
May 15 2012
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