Risk factors for sternal wound infection in children undergoing cardiac surgery: a case-control study

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-340

  Ben Ami, E ^a   Levy, I ^a   Katz, J ^a   Dagan, O ^a   Shalit, I ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Paediatric cardiac surgery; Sternal wound infection; Surgical infections

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOTIC HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT DURATION; URINARY CATHETER;

ADOLESCENT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; PEDIATRICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RISK FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; THORACIC SURGERY;

EID: 56249084918     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.08.010     Document Type: Article

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