Monitoring the occurrence of wound infections after cardiac surgery

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 307-313

  Sherlaw Johnson, C ^a   Wilson, A P R ^b   Keogh, B ^b   Gallivan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Graphical model; Real time monitoring; Risk model; Surgical wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE MIX; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KIDNEY DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 33947609161     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2006.12.015     Document Type: Article

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