Patient knowledge of the risks of post-splenectomy sepsis

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 867-870

  Wilkes, Anna ^a   Wills, Vanessa ^a   Smith, Stephen ^a  

^a JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Knowledge; Patient education; Sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; VACCINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53549129710     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2008.04682.x     Document Type: Article

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