Multivariable Predictors of Postoperative Surgical Site Infection after General and Vascular Surgery: Results from the Patient Safety in Surgery Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1178-1187

  Neumayer, Leigh ^a   Hosokawa, Patrick ^b   Itani, Kamal ^d,e,f   El Tamer, Mahmoud ^h   Henderson, William G ^c   Khuri, Shukri F ^d,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BILIRUBIN; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENTS; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34249290748     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.03.022     Document Type: Article

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