Surgical Site Infection and the Routine Use of Perioperative Hyperoxia in a General Surgical Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

JAMA

Volumn 291, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-87

  Pryor, Kane O ^a   Fahey III, Thomas J ^a   Lien, Cynthia A ^a   Goldstein, Peter A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0347416893     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.291.1.79     Document Type: Article

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