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A study of clinical and economic burden of surgical site infection in patients undergoing caesarian section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India

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  • Shilpa Hirani
  • Niyati A Trivedi
  • Janki Chauhan
  • Yash Chauhan

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Background: Caesarian section is one of the most commonly performed surgeries in India. Determination of the incidence as well as the clinical and financial burden of post caesarian surgical site infection (SSI), is of critical importance for all the stakeholders for rational and fair allocation of resources. Methods: This study was a prospective observational case-control study. The mean direct and indirect cost of treatment for the cases were compared with the control patients. An unpaired t-test was used to compare the mean between the two groups. Results: Out of 2024 patients, who underwent caesarian section during the study period, 114 had acquired incisional surgical site infection (ISSI), with the infection incidence being 5.63%. The total cost of illness due to post caesarian ISSI was almost three times higher compared to the non-infected matched control group. (P

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  • Shilpa Hirani & Niyati A Trivedi & Janki Chauhan & Yash Chauhan, 2022. "A study of clinical and economic burden of surgical site infection in patients undergoing caesarian section at a tertiary care teaching hospital in India," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 17(6), pages 1-11, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0269530
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269530
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