Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infection After Cardiac Surgery in Children

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1833-1842

  Costello, John M ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Morrow, Debra Forbes ^a   Morrow, Jacqueline ^a   Potter Bynoe, Gail ^a   Sandora, Thomas J ^a   Pigula, Frank A ^a   Laussen, Peter C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PEDIATRIC SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77952295687     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.08.081     Document Type: Article

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