Hospitalization before surgery increases risk for postoperative infections

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1615-1621.e3

  Kelava, Marta ^a   Robich, Michael ^a   Houghtaling, Penny L ^a   Sabik, Joseph F ^a   Gordon, Steven ^a   Mihaljevic, Tomislav ^a   Blackstone, Eugene H ^a   Koch, Colleen G ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RISK FACTOR; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL RISK; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; AGED; CROSS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84908191559     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.067     Document Type: Article

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