Risk factors for surgical site infections following open-heart surgery in a Canadian pediatric population

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 397-401

  Nateghian, Alireza ^a   Taylor, Geoffrey ^b   Robinson, Joan L ^b,c  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Department of Medicine ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; INOTROPISM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; OPEN HEART SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALBERTA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 7444258498     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2004.03.004     Document Type: Article

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