Association between preoperative levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and hospital-acquired infections after hepatobiliary surgery: A prospective study in a third-level hospital
Resumen: Introduction
Evidence implicates vitamin D deficiency in poorer outcomes and increased susceptibility to hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). This study examined the association between serum vitamin D levels and HAIs in a population of hepatobiliary surgery patients.
Methods
Participants in this prospective analytical observational study were patients who underwent hepatobiliary surgery in a tertiary hospital in Aragon, Spain, between February 2018 and March 2019. Vitamin D concentrations were measured at admission and all nosocomial infections during hospitalization and after discharge were recorded.
Results
The mean 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration of the study population (n = 301) was 38.56 nmol/L, which corresponds to vitamin D deficiency. Higher vitamin D concentrations were associated with a decreased likelihood of developing a HAI in general (p = 0.014), and in particularly surgical site infection (p = 0.026). The risk of HAI decreased by 34% with each 26.2-nmol/L increase in serum vitamin D levels.
Conclusions
Vitamin D levels may constitute a modifiable risk factor for postoperative nosocomial infections in hepatobiliary surgery patients.

Idioma: Inglés
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230336
Año: 2020
Publicado en: PloS one 15, 3 (2020), e0230336 [12 pp]
ISSN: 1932-6203

Factor impacto JCR: 3.24 (2020)
Categ. JCR: MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES rank: 26 / 73 = 0.356 (2020) - Q2 - T2
Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.99 - Multidisciplinary (Q1)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)
Área (Departamento): Área Microbiología (Dpto. Microb.Ped.Radio.Sal.Pú.)
Área (Departamento): Área Cirugía (Dpto. Cirugía)
Área (Departamento): Área Dermatología (Dpto. Medicina, Psiqu. y Derm.)


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