A standardized perioperative surgical site infection care process among children with stoma closure: A before-after study

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2316-2323

  Porras Hernandez, Juan ^a   Bracho Blanchet, Eduardo ^a   Tovilla Mercado, Jose ^a   Vilar Compte, Diana ^b   Nieto Zermeño, Jaime ^a   Davila Perez, Roberto ^a   Teyssier Morales, Gustavo ^a   Lule Dominguez, Martha ^a  

^a HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CANCEROLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTESTINE PERFORATION; INTESTINE SURGERY; INTESTINE WALL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INFLAMMATION; STANDARDIZATION; STOMA CLOSURE; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL STOMAS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 51649107266     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-008-9617-6     Document Type: Article

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