Adherence to guidelines for prevention of postsplenectomy sepsis. Age and sex are risk factors: A five-year retrospective review

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 542-547

  Kotsanas, Despina ^a   Al Souffi, Mohammed H ^a   Waxman, Bruce P ^a   King, Richard W F ^a   Polkinghorne, Kevan R ^a   Woolley, Ian J ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Guideline adherence; Infection; Risk factor; Spleen; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPLEEN CANCER; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION; VICTORIA;

EID: 33745127333     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2006.03775.x     Document Type: Article

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