Preventing surgical site infections in older adults: The need for a new approach

Aging Health

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 567-569

  Shuman, Emily K ^a   Malani, Preeti N ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b VA ANN ARBOR HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN;

AGING; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; EDITORIAL; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK REDUCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 58049203842     PISSN: 1745509X     EISSN: 17455103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/1745509X.4.6.567     Document Type: Editorial

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