Impact of surgical site infections on length of stay and costs in selected colorectal procedures

Surgical Infections

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 539-544

  Mahmoud, Najjia N ^a   Turpin, Robin S ^b,c   Yang, Guiping ^d   Saunders, William B ^d  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Premier Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLON SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM SURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 73849121393     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2009.006     Document Type: Article

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