Wound infections after cardiac surgery - A wound scoring system may improve early detection

Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-64

  Tegnell, Anders ^a   Arén, Claes ^a   Öhman, Lena ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Cardiac surgery; Complication; Early detection; Infection; Postoperative wound infection; Wound scoring

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STAGING; WOUND HEALING; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036214913     PISSN: 14017431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140174302317282401     Document Type: Article

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