Obesity as a Risk Factor for Nosocomial Infections in Trauma Patients

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 61-67

  Serrano, Pablo E ^a   Khuder, Sadik A ^a   Fath, John J ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

^b OAKWOOD HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BODY MASS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; INJURY SEVERITY; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VENTILATOR; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; OBESITY; OHIO; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77953696471     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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