Perfil de infecções em artroplastia de quadril: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: Surgical procedures are performed in large quantities all over the world, thus, the risks of infections increase, which generates divergence in treatment, prolongation ofhospitalization, costs among others. Hip arthroplasty is a major surgery, which nowadays hasnew materials and techniques to carry outa safer procedure, and to make infection rateslower. However, every surgery is likely to develop infections, and when the etiologic agent isrecognized, treatment is more targeted and concise. OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is toanalyze the profile of surgical infections in hip arthroplasty. METHODS: It is an integrative review of studies available on the Virtual Health Library (VHL) platform, using LILACS,PUBMED and SCIELO databases, with the descriptors; Infection, Arthroplasty and Hip. Thearticles covered in the results are from publications referring to the years 2015 to 2020, according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria. RESULTS: Samples related to the theme ofthe study showed Arterial Hypertension, Diabetes Mellitus and Smoking as the risk factors most associated with patients undergoing hip arthroplasty, as the choice for antibioticprophylaxis, cefazoline was used in most cases and Staphylococcus aureus as the most commonly found agent in cultures. CONCLUSIONS: We conclude that it is highly relevant tomaintain care in the postoperative period and in case of signs of infection, early culture favors treatment.