Usefulness of risk indexes for the prediction of surgical site infection in patients undergoing neurosurgical procedures;Utilidad de los índices compuestos de riesgo para predecir el desarrollo de infección quirúrgica en neurocirugía

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 92-95

  Vernet, Elena ^a   Adell, Carmen ^a   Trilla, Antoni ^a,b   Zaragoza, Magda ^a   Sallés, Montserrat ^a   Jiménez De Anta, María Teresa ^a   Ferrer, Enric ^b   Asenjo, Miguel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Neurosurgery; Risk indexes; Surgical infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 1442351818     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13056822     Document Type: Article

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