Intravenous iron following cardiac surgery does not increase the infection rate

Surgical Infections

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 361-366

  Torres, Susan ^a,b   Kuo, Yen Hong ^a,b   Morris, Kimo ^a,b   Neibart, Richard ^b   Holtz, Jane Bliss ^a,b   Davis, John Mihran ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b JERSEY SHORE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Jersey Shore University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROUS GLUCONATE; ANTIANEMIC AGENT; FERROUS ION; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG COMBINATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIME;

AGED; ANEMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; ERYTHROPOIETIN, RECOMBINANT; FEMALE; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HEMATINICS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33947673448     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2006.7.361     Document Type: Article

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