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JOURNAL ARTICLE
OBSERVATIONAL STUDY
Infections following surgical patent ductus arteriosus ligation in very-low-birthweight neonates.
Journal of Hospital Infection 2018 May
BACKGROUND: Very-low-birthweight (VLBW) neonates (<1500g) comprise approximately 1% of liveborn infants in Poland. Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is a common complication of prematurity. This study aimed to determine how many VLBW neonates treated in the participating units needed surgical correction of PDA, and to evaluate the incidence of various types of postoperative infections and their microbiology.
METHODS: Observational study in five neonatology departments by the Polish Neonatology Surveillance Network, involving 2039 VLBW newborns of whom 103 (5.1%) required surgical PDA ligation. Continuous infection surveillance was conducted between 2009 and 2013; infections were defined based on Gastmeier's criteria.
RESULTS: PDA surgery was required significantly more frequently in infants from multiple pregnancies, and where labour was complicated by amnionitis. Surgical PDA correction was performed, on average, at 19 days of life. The incidence of infection was 48.5% (N = 50), and the most common infections were bloodstream infection (26.2%) and pneumonia (22.3%). A correlation was observed between the day on which the procedure was performed and the time of infection: the earlier the neonate underwent PDA surgery, the earlier the infection manifested (P = 0.032). A high CRIB score and chorioamnionitis contributed significantly to the presence of infection.
CONCLUSION: The later the PDA surgery was performed, the later the infection occurred. The incidence of infection after correction of PDA among VLBW neonates was comparable with the incidence of infection among all hospitalized VLBW neonates.
METHODS: Observational study in five neonatology departments by the Polish Neonatology Surveillance Network, involving 2039 VLBW newborns of whom 103 (5.1%) required surgical PDA ligation. Continuous infection surveillance was conducted between 2009 and 2013; infections were defined based on Gastmeier's criteria.
RESULTS: PDA surgery was required significantly more frequently in infants from multiple pregnancies, and where labour was complicated by amnionitis. Surgical PDA correction was performed, on average, at 19 days of life. The incidence of infection was 48.5% (N = 50), and the most common infections were bloodstream infection (26.2%) and pneumonia (22.3%). A correlation was observed between the day on which the procedure was performed and the time of infection: the earlier the neonate underwent PDA surgery, the earlier the infection manifested (P = 0.032). A high CRIB score and chorioamnionitis contributed significantly to the presence of infection.
CONCLUSION: The later the PDA surgery was performed, the later the infection occurred. The incidence of infection after correction of PDA among VLBW neonates was comparable with the incidence of infection among all hospitalized VLBW neonates.
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