The relationship between surgical site infection and volume of coronary artery bypass graft surgeries: Taiwan experience

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 308-311

  Wu, Shiao Chi ^a   Chen, Chi Chen ^a   Ng, Yee Yung ^a   Chu, Hui Fan ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY SURGERY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TAIWAN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TAIWAN;

EID: 33645557012     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503015     Document Type: Article

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