Risk factors for surgical-wound infection in general surgery: A prospective study

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 310-315

  Lizán García, Maxima ^a   García Caballero, Juan ^b   Asensio Vegas, Angel ^c  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ALBACETE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SPAIN; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031134596     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/30141223     Document Type: Article

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