Incidence of sternal wound infection after reexploration in the intensive care unit and the use of local gentamycin

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2033-2037

  Reser, Diana ^a   Rodriguez Cetina Biefer, Hector ^a   Plass, André ^a   Ruef, Christian ^a   Seifert, Burkhardt ^a   Bettex, Dominique ^a   Biaggi, Patric ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Salzberg, Sacha P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REOPERATION; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL SPONGE; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL SPONGES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84870037351     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.07.044     Document Type: Article

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