Mild perioperative hypothermia and the risk of wound infection

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-231

  Flores Maldonado, Alejandro ^a,c   Medina Escobedo, Carolina E ^b   Ríos Rodríguez, Hugo M G ^b   Fernández Domínguez, Ramón ^b  

^a Instituto de Servicios Descentralizados de Salud Pública del Estado de Campeche INDESALUD   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^c INESALUD   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Central temperature; Incidence; Nosocomial infections; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASOCONSTRICTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034985735     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(01)00272-7     Document Type: Article

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