Reassessing the role of supplemental oxygen in the prevention of surgical site infection

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 902-903

  Qadan, Motaz ^a   Akca, Ozan ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ANESTHESIST; CONTAMINATION; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; OXYGEN THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; SEPSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL INFECTION; TISSUE OXYGENATION;

HUMANS; OXYGEN; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84870060163     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318275735b     Document Type: Editorial

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