A fifteen-year wound surveillance study after coronary artery bypass

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1063-1068

  Slaughter, Mark S ^a   Olson, Mary M ^a   Lee Jr , James T ^a   Ward, Herbert B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LEG; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STEROIDS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC DISEASES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0027368775     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(95)90014-4     Document Type: Article

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