Infection risk factors in pediatric cardiac surgery

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 329-333

  Mrowczynski, Wojciech ^a   Wojtalik, Michal ^a   Zawadzka, Danuta ^a   Sharma, Girish ^a   Henschke, Jacek ^a   Bartkowski, Rafal ^a   Pawelec Wojtalik, Malgorzata ^a   Woodzinski, Andrzej ^a   Westerski, Przemyslaw ^a  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFUROXIME; PIPERACILLIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY SURFACE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG LAVAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPERATION DURATION; OXYGENATOR; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND;

EID: 0036977815     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230201000411     Document Type: Article

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