Risk factors for surgical site infections in older people

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 391-396

  Kaye, Keith S ^a   Sloane, Richard ^a   Sexton, Daniel J ^a   Schmader, Kenneth A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional status; Geriatric; Risk factors; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHYSICIAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WOUND ASSESSMENT; WOUND INFECTION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VIRGINIA;

EID: 33644661370     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2005.00651.x     Document Type: Article

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