Surgical site infection rate and associated risk factors in elective general surgery at a public sector medical university in Pakistan

International Wound Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-78

  Sangrasi, Ahmed Khan ^a,b   Leghari, Abdul Aziz ^a   Memon, Aisha ^a   Talpur, Altaf K ^a   Qureshi, Ghulam Ali ^a   Memon, Jan Mohammad ^a  

^a LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b NONE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Elective surgery; Risk factors; Surgical Site Infection; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAKISTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND CLOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAKISTAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 40749133330     PISSN: 17424801     EISSN: 1742481X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-481X.2007.00365.x     Document Type: Article

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