Sources of Variation in Hospital-level Infection Rates after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Heart Surgery Database

摘要

BackgroundPatients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are at risk for developing a variety of infections. While investigators have focused on predictors of these adverse sequelae, less attention has been focused on characterizing hospital-level variability in these outcomes.