Risk factors associated with infection of lower extremity revascularization: Analysis of 365 procedures performed at a teaching hospital

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 91-96

  Chang, Jeanette K ^a   Calligaro, Keith D ^a   Ryan, Sean ^a   Runyan, Debra ^a   Dougherty, Matthew J ^a   Stern, John J ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE; LEG PROSTHESIS; LEG REVASCULARIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; RISK FACTOR; TEACHING HOSPITAL; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION; VASCULAR SURGERY; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037284688     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0337-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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