Preoperative hypoalbuminemia is an independent risk factor for the development of surgical site infection following gastrointestinal surgery: A multi-institutional study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 325-329

  Hennessey, Derek B ^a,b   Burke, John P ^b   Ni Dhonochu, Tara ^c   Shields, Conor ^c   Winter, Desmond C ^b,d   Mealy, Kenneth ^a  

^a WEXFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST VINCENT S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLON RESECTION; COLORECTAL SURGERY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEPATOJEJUNOSTOMY; HUMAN; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LIVER RESECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PANCREATICODUODENECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMALL INTESTINE RESECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955176938     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181e9819a     Document Type: Article

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