Statewide collaboration to evaluate the effects of blood loss and transfusion on surgical site infection after hysterectomy

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-93

  Young, Heather ^a   Berumen, Crystal ^b   Knepper, Bryan ^a   Miller, Amber ^a,c   Silverman, Morgan ^c   Gilmartin, Heather ^d   Wodrich, Elizabeth ^d   Alexander, Sandy ^e   Price, Connie S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Colorado Hospital Association ^*  (United States)

^c Infection Control and Prevention   (United States)

^d Vail Valley Medical Center   (United States)

^e Platte Valley Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; CLINDAMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; SURGICAL SITE INFECTION;

ADULT; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BLOOD VOLUME; COLORADO; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84055222932     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/663341     Document Type: Article

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