Osteomyelitis: Risk Factors

Question 1

Osteomyelitis: High Risk Factors

Answer 1

1. Older adults that are poorly nourished or obese
2. Impaired immune system
3. Those with chronic illness (DM, rheumatoid arthritis)
4. Long-term corticosteroid therapy
5. Those with IV drugs
6. Post-op surgical wound infections typically occur within 30 days post-op
7. With implant used within a year after surgery
8. Surgical site ink markers have been linked to infections by cross contaminations between pre-op pt