Absence of an association between glucose levels and surgical site infections in patients undergoing craniotomies for brain tumors: Clinical article

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-166

  Hardy, Sara J ^a   Nowacki, Amy S ^b   Bertin, Mary ^b   Weil, Robert J ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Craniotomy; Glucose; Hyperglycemia; Postoperative complication; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLUCOSE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNITED STATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CRANIOTOMY; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77955652082     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2010.2.JNS09950     Document Type: Article

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