Is time to closure a factor in the occurrence of infection in traumatic wounds? A prospective cohort study in a Dutch level 1 trauma centre

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 540-543

  Van Den Baar, Mark T M ^a   Van Der Palen, Job ^a   Vroon, Marianne I ^a   Bertelink, Paul ^a   Hendrix, Ron ^a  

^a MEDISCH SPECTRUM TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEBRIDEMENT; DISINFECTION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUS; SKIN REDNESS; SUTURE REMOVAL; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; TIME FACTORS; TRAUMA CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 77954154530     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.075846     Document Type: Article

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