Abstract
Aim: The aims of this study were to 1) quantify the incidence of Surgical Site Infection (SSI) in patients who have had an emergency Caesarean Section (CS); 2) identify the risk factors and associated factors that play a major role in the development of those SSI’s.Methods: A retrospective cohort study with data collected from Mid Yorkshire Trust Pinderfields General Hospital, Wakefield. The study sample consisted of 206 patients (101 SSI patients and 105 non-SSI patients) who had emergency CSs carried out between January and December 2017. Simple logistic regression and multiple logistic regression were then carried out to determine any significant risk factors.
Results: From the period between January and December 2017 there were 105 SSIs for patients who had undergone an emergency CS. Patient BMI (kg/m2) was a statistically significant predictor at the 5% significance level for SSI occurrence (p
Conclusion: This study was carried in order to help add knowledge to an area currently lacking it, as at the time of writing there are no studies that have investigated SSI and its associated risk factors for emergency CS. Advances in this area of study would allow for the improving of guidelines and thus patient care, giving medical professionals the information they need to reduce SSI’s in patients and therefore reduce patient suffering. This study identified BMI (kg/m2) as the only significant risk factor for the development of an SSI in emergency CS. Further research will be needed to be conducted however, to strengthen this study’s findings and improve upon the lack of knowledge for emergency CS and its associated risk factors.
| Date of Award | 6 May 2020 |
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| Original language | English |
| Supervisor | Jo Blackburn (Main Supervisor) & John Stephenson (Co-Supervisor) |