Preoperative Scoring System of Friedman et al for Risk of Sternal Surgical Site Infection (SSI) Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery (Australian Clinical Risk Index)

Purpose: To identify a patient who is at risk for a sternal surgica site infection (SSI) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) using the score of Friedman et al.

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient prior to coronary artery bypass graft surgery?

Yes

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Is the patient a diabetic?

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Evaluation appropriate?

Body mass index (BMI)

Total risk score for a sternal SSI following CABG surgery

The risk of a sternal SSI following CABG surgery is

Is the patient a candidate for more aggressive management to prevent a sternal SSI?

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Classification for Postoperative Mediastinitis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage
- Estimating the Risk of Mediastinitis After Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery Using the ACC/AHA Risk Score
Complications

Therapy

Failure Handling And Therapy Escalation
Surgery

Monitoring

Adverse Effects

Specialty

Infectious Diseases

Objective

risk factors
severity
prognosis
stage

ICD-10

I20-I25 - Ischaemic heart diseases
I97 - Postprocedural disorders of circulatory system, not elsewhere classified
T82 - Complications of cardiac and vascular prosthetic devices, implants and grafts

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Purpose: To identify a patient who is at risk for a sternal surgica site infection (SSI) after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) using the score of Friedman et al.

Specialty: Infectious Diseases

Objective: risk factors, severity, prognosis, stage

ICD-10: I20-I25, I97, T82,

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