Has the rate of in-hospital infections after total joint arthroplasty decreased?

Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

Volumn 471, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3102-3111

  Rasouli, Mohammad R ^a   Maltenfort, Mitchell Gil ^a   Purtill, James J ^a   Hozack, William J ^a   Parvizi, Javad ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPLASTY; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; ICD-9; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL JOINT ARTHROPLASTY; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TREND STUDY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84884700668     PISSN: 0009921X     EISSN: 15281132     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11999-013-2949-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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