Risk adjustment for surgical site infection after median sternotomy in children

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 398-405

  Kagen, Jessica ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^b   Lautenbach, Ebbing ^b   Bell, Louis M ^a,b   Coffin, Susan E ^a,b   St John, Keith H ^a   Teszner, Eva ^a   Dominguez, Troy ^b   Gaynor, J William ^a,b   Shah, Samir S ^a,b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; ROC CURVE; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MEDIASTINUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 34247516018     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/513123     Document Type: Article

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