Hyperbilirubinemia: a risk factor for infection in the surgical intensive care unit

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 195, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 304-307

  Field, Erin ^a   Horst, H Mathilda ^a   Rubinfeld, Ilan S ^a   Copeland, Craig F ^a   Waheed, Usman ^a   Jordan, Jack ^a   Barry, Aaron ^a   Brandt, Mary Margaret ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bilirubin; Critical illness; Hyperbilirubinemia; Infection; Jaundice

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JAUNDICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; ADOLESCENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 40749141616     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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