Applicability of two surgical-site infection risk indices to risk of sepsis in surgical patients

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 633-638

  Fariñas ñlvarez, Concepciín ^a   Fariñas, M Carmen ^b   Prieto, Dolores ^a   Delgado Rodriguez, Delgado Rodríguez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MARQUÉS DE VALDECILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SPAIN; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 0033791723     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0195941700043782     Document Type: Article

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