Modifiable risk factors associated with deep sternal site infection after coronary artery bypass grafting

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 108-114

  Trick, William E ^a   Scheckler, William E ^b   Tokars, Jerome I ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a   Reppen, Mel L ^b   Smith, Ellen M ^b   Jarvis, William R ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b St Mary's Hospital Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFUROXIME; GLUCOSE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCISION; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; STAPLER; STERNUM; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033955070     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(00)70224-8     Document Type: Article

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