Pediatric wound infections: A prospective multicenter study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 227, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-558

  Horwitz, Jeffrey R ^a   Chwals, Walter J ^c   Doski, John J ^b   Suescun, Eric A ^b   Cheu, Henry W ^a   Lally, Kevin P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0031926760     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199804000-00017     Document Type: Article

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