Risk factors and surveillance for surgical wound infections

Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2000, Pages

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Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID;

AGE; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GYNECOLOGY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HYPOTHERMIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OBSTETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0033782848     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/msy.2000.110234     Document Type: Article

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