Health care-associated infections in surgical patients undergoing elective surgery: Are alcohol use disorders a risk factor?

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 229-236

  De Wit, Marjolein ^a   Goldberg, Stephanie ^a   Hussein, Ehab ^a   Neifeld, James P ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

alcohol use disorder; AUD; HAI; health care associated infection; SSI; surgical site infection; urinary tract infection; UTI

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON RESECTION; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; HERNIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AGED; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864280506     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2012.04.015     Document Type: Article

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