Wound tissue oxygen tension predicts the risk of wound infection in surgical patients

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 997-1005

  Hopf, Harriet Williams ^a,b   Hunt, Thomas K ^b   West, Judith M ^b   Blomquist, Peter ^c   Goodson III, William H ^b   Jensen, J Arthur ^b   Jonsson, Kent ^c   Paty, Philip B ^d   Rabkin, John M ^e   Upton, Robert A ^a   Von Smitten, Karl ^f   Whitney, Joanne D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 14444272042     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430330063010     Document Type: Article

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