Risk factors for urinary tract infections in colorectal compared with vascular surgery: A need to review current present-on-admission policy?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 212, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 356-361

  Attaluri, Vikram ^a   Kiran, Ravi P ^a   Vogel, Jon ^a   Remzi, Feza ^a   Church, James ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VASCULAR SURGERY;

AGED; CATHETER-RELATED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 79952311009     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2010.11.014     Document Type: Article

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