Management Practices and the Risk of Infection Following Cardiac Surgery

Completed

Conditions studied: Cardiac Surgery, Infection, Postoperative Wound, Postoperative Wound Infection, Infections, Nosocomial, Management Practices

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine the best ways to prevent infections after heart surgery. Participation in the study will last at most 3 months after heart surgery. The study will only collect information about the care patients receive during the planned surgery. No new testing or procedures will be done. Patients will receive only the tests or procedures the doctor already has planned. This kind of study is an observational study, because all that is planned to do is observe the care patients receive and how well they do during treatment. The information collected should help to improve the quality of surgical care in the future.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01089712

Run by

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

People needed

5158

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2013-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-04-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Clinical indication for cardiac surgical interventions
• Age ≥ 18 years

You may not qualify if…

• Active systemic infection at the time of enrollment

Where it is running

• Emory University — Atlanta, Georgia, United States
• NIH Heart Center at Suburban Hospital — Bethesda, Maryland, United States
• Columbia University Medical Center — New York, New York, United States
• Montefiore Einstein Heart Center — The Bronx, New York, United States
• Duke University — Durham, North Carolina, United States
• East Carolina Heart Institute — Greenville, North Carolina, United States
• Cleveland Clinic Foundation — Cleveland, Ohio, United States
• University of Pennsylvania — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Virginia — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
• Montreal Heart Institute — Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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