Cholesterol and serum albumin levels as predictors of cross infection, death, and length of hospital stay

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 805-812

  Delgado Rodríguez, Miguel ^a,d   Cuadros, Marcelino Medina ^b   Ortega, Antonio Gómez ^b   Gallego, Gabriel Martínez ^b   Mariscal Ortiz, Marcial ^a,d   Martinez Gonzalez, Miguel Angel ^b   Sillero Arenas, María ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b Service of General Surgery   (Spain)

^c Provincial Office for Health   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0036304004     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.137.7.805     Document Type: Article

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