Risk factors for surgical wound infection and bacteraemia following coronary artery bypass surgery

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-51

  Spelman, Denis W ^a   Russo, Philip ^a   Harrington, Glenys ^a   Davis, Bruce B ^a   Rabinov, Marc ^a   Smith, Julian A ^a   John Spicer, W ^a   Esmore, Donald ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Obesity; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTEREMIA; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0033967730     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01742.x     Document Type: Article

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