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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0120-5552</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Salud Uninorte]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Salud, Barranquilla]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0120-5552</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Fundación Universidad del Norte, División de Ciencias de la]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S0120-55522018000100097</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Factores de riesgo para la infección del sitio quirúrgico posapendicectomía. Estudio de casos y controles]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Risk factors for surgical-site infection in the atlantic state, colombia. A case-control study]]></article-title>
</title-group>
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<surname><![CDATA[Peñuela-Epalza]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Elena]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Castro-Silvera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Uricochea-Santiago]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andrea Paola]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Díaz-Duque]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Olga Lucía]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Berdejo-Nieves]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Javier Alfonso]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Silva-Gómez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Sebastian Elias]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Zambrano-Amastha]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Luis Carlos]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Clínica Resurgir  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Divina Misericordia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Magangué ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,ESE Vida Sinu  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Montería ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af5">
<institution><![CDATA[,Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Rio de Janeiro ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af6">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Santa Teresa de Jesús de Avila  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Dibulla ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<aff id="Af7">
<institution><![CDATA[,Laboratorio Clínico Continental  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Barranquilla ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>04</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>34</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>97</fpage>
<lpage>108</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0120-55522018000100097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0120-55522018000100097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0120-55522018000100097&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen  Objetivo:  Evaluar la influencia de los determinantes sociodemográficos, clínicos y del servicio de salud sobre el riesgo de infección del sitio quirúrgico en pacientes apendicectomizados, en los hospitales del Atlántico, Colombia.  Materiales y métodos:  Estudio de casos y controles retrospectivo. Se revisaron los registros quirúrgicos de pacientes apendicectomizados entre 2009 y 2013. Muestra: 80 casos y 272 controles. Factores estudiados: sociodemográficos (edad, género, régimen de afiliación al sistema de salud); clínicos (antecedentes patológicos, hospitalizaciones previas, grado del apéndice); servicios (tiempos de espera, técnica quirúrgica, duración del procedimiento, profilaxis antibiótica, tiempo de estancia hospitalaria).  Análisis: bivariable y multivariable. Se calcularon las razones de momios (OR), intervalos de confianza al 95 %, y pruebas de significancia estadística. Resultados: Luego del análisis multivariado, los factores de riesgo independientes fueron: edad mayor de 54 años (OR = 5,37); afiliación al régimen subsidiado del sistema general de seguridad social en salud (OR = 3,49) y el grado histopatológico del apéndice II, que incluye inflamación focal, ulceraciones del epitelio y microabscesos aislados en folículos linfáticos, (OR = 1,98).  Conclusión:  Este estudio aporta nueva evidencia de la multicausalidad de la infección nosocomial en pacientes sometidos a apendicectomía. Se destaca el rol de la desigualdad en salud como factor de riesgo importante, lo cual merece especial atención.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Objective:  To evaluate sociodemographic, clinical and health-service-related determinants associated to surgical site infections in patients undergoing appendectomy in third level Hospitals, located in the Colombian Northern Region, from 2009 to 2013.  Methods:  Retrospective data was collected of hospital records from participating hospitals; 80 cases and 272 controls were compared regarding socio-demographic (age, gender, regime of affiliation to the social-security health system), clinical (comorbidity, prior hospitalization, degree of appendix), and healthcare-related variables (diagnostic time, preoperative time, operation duration, prophylaxis with antibiotics and hospital-stay length). Both bivariate and multivariate analysis were conducted. Odds Ratios, 95% confidence intervals were estimated; Besides, both X2-Test and T Student Tests were used to evaluate statistical significance.  Results:  Socio-demographic (age, affiliation to the subsidized-health-system), clinical (metabolic disease) and health-care related factors such as preoperative waiting time showed to be associated to surgical site infections, in the bivariate analysis. In the final regression model only age above 54 (OR= 5,37); subsidized affiliation to the social security system (3,49) and histopathological grade of appendix, which included focal inflammation, epithelial ulcers, and isolated micro-abscesses in lymphatic&#8217;s follicles showed to be independent risk factors (OR= 1,98).  Conclusion:  This study adds new evidence on the multifactorial origin of post-surgery nosocomial infections and spotlights health inequality as a major risk factor that needs to be addressed.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apendicetomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección de sitio operatorio]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[factores clínicos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[casos y controles]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[desigualdades en salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[régimen subsidiado de salud]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inequidad en salud, Colombia.]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Appendectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surgical wound infection]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Clinical Factors]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Case-Control]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[health inequality]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[subsidized health system]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[nosocomial infections]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Colombia.]]></kwd>
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