Usefulness of intrinsic surgical wound infection risk indices as predictors of postoperative pneumonia risk

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 269-276

  Delgado Rodriguez M ^a   Medina Cuadros, M ^b   Martinez Gallego G ^b   Sillero Arenas, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b Hosp Univ Ciudad de Jaén   (Spain)

^c Provincial Office of Health   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cross infection; Epidemiology; Nosocomial pneumonia; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0030978839     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(97)90220-6     Document Type: Article

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