Risk factors for sternal wound infection and mid-term survival following coronary artery bypass surgery

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 943-949

  Lu, John C Y ^a   Grayson, Antony D ^a   Jha, Pankaj ^a   Srinivasan, Arun K ^a   Fabri, Brian M ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coronary artery bypass grafting; Mid term survival; Risk factors; Sternal wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WOUND INFECTION;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REOPERATION; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0037710254     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(03)00137-4     Document Type: Article

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