Validation of the risk index category as a predictor of surgical site infection in elective colorectal surgery

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Pastor, Carlos ^a   Baek, Jeong Heum ^a   Varma, Madhulika G ^b   Kim, Edward ^b   Indorf, Lois Ann ^b   Garcia Aguilar, Julio ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Colorectal surgery; Postoperative complication; Risk index category; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK INDEX CATEGORY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDATION PROCESS; COLON DISEASE; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RECTUM DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

COLONIC DISEASES; COLORECTAL SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTAL DISEASES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77951899032     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: 15300358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/DCR.0b013e3181cc573b     Document Type: Article

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