Balancing the risk of postoperative surgical infections: A multivariate analysis of factors associated with laparoscopic appendectomy from the NSQIP database

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 252, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 895-900

  Fleming, Fergal J ^a   Kim, Michael J ^a   Messing, Susan ^a   Gunzler, Doug ^a   Salloum, Rabih ^a   Monson, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

appendectomy; laparoscopic; organ space infection

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN SPACE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650102549     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e3181f194fe     Document Type: Article

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