Effects of preoperative warming on the incidence of wound infection after clean surgery: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9285, 2001, Pages 876-880

  Melling, Andrew C ^a   Ali, Baqar ^a   Scott, Eileen M ^a   Leaper, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH TEES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; BREAST SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HERNIA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARICOSIS; WARMING; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035883865     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)06071-8     Document Type: Article

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