Risk factors for surgical infections

Surgical Infections

Volumn 7, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Dominioni, Lorenzo ^a   Imperatori, Andrea ^a   Rotolo, Nicola ^a   Rovera, Francesca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; SERUM ALBUMIN;

AGE; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEART DISEASE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFORMED CONSENT; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG DISEASE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOCK; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748080767     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.7.s2-9     Document Type: Article

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