Surgical wound infection in cardiac surgery;Infection du site operatoire en chirurgie cardiaque etude prospective multidisciplinaire

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 138-143

  Achouh, Paul ^a   Khabbaz, Ziad ^a   Sleilaty, Ghassan ^a   Khalil, Hoda Abi ^a   Kahwagi, Rima ^a   Malak, Souha Abdel ^a   Jebara, Victor ^a  

^a SAINT JOSEPH UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAPHENOUS VEIN GRAFT; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; LEBANON; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE; SAPHENOUS VEIN; TRANSPLANTATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 1342279371     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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