Beyond core measures: Identifying modifiable risk factors for prevention of surgical site infection after elective total abdominal hysterectomy

Surgical Infections

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 491-496

  Young, Heather ^a   Bliss, Robin ^b   Carey, J Chris ^a   Price, Connie S ^a  

^a DENVER HEALTH AND HOSPITAL AUTHORITY   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; HYSTERECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84555179071     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2010.103     Document Type: Article

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