Wound complications following diagnostic skin biopsies in dermatology inpatients

Archives of Dermatology

Volumn 143, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1267-1271

  Wahie, Shyamal ^a   Lawrence, Clifford M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; FLUCLOXACILLIN; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMORBIDITY; DERMATOLOGY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN BIOPSY; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INPATIENTS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; SMOKING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 35348992105     PISSN: 0003987X     EISSN: 0003987X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archderm.143.10.1267     Document Type: Article

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