Predictors and outcomes of sternal wound complications in patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

American Surgeon

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 515-520

  Hassan, Mohammed ^a   Smith, J Michael ^a,b   Engel, Amy M ^c  

^a GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Cardiac Vascular and Thoracic Surgery Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Research and Education   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; STERNUM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; AGE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REOPERATION; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REOPERATION; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746531243     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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