C-reactive protein levels for early detection of postoperative infection after fracture surgery in 787 patients

Acta Orthopaedica

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 428-432

  Neumaier, Markus ^a   Scherer, Michael A ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE MARKER; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME KINETICS; FEMALE; FEMUR FRACTURE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL INJURY; WOUND INFECTION; ANKLE INJURY; ARM INJURY; BLOOD; HUMERUS FRACTURE; METABOLISM; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TIBIA FRACTURE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANKLE INJURIES; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMORAL FRACTURES; FOREARM INJURIES; FRACTURE FIXATION, INTERNAL; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; HUMERAL FRACTURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIBIAL FRACTURES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 47249148478     PISSN: 17453674     EISSN: 17453682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17453670710015355     Document Type: Article

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