Toward zero: Deep sternal wound infection after 1001 consecutive coronary artery bypass procedures using arterial grafts: Implications for diabetic patients

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1887-1895

  Kieser, Teresa M ^a   Rose, M Sarah ^b   Aluthman, Uthman ^a   Montgomery, Marlene ^c   Louie, Thomas ^d   Belenkie, Israel ^a  

^a LIBIN CARDIOVASCULAR INSTITUTE OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Rho Sigma Scientific Consultants   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BONE WAX; CHLORHEXIDINE; IODINE; VANCOMYCIN; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTERY GRAFT; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DEEP STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OFF PUMP SURGERY; RISK FACTOR; WOUND CARE; WOUND INFECTION; WOUND IRRIGATION; COMPLICATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAMMARY ARTERY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURGERY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME; TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERNAL MAMMARY-CORONARY ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; MALE; MAMMARY ARTERIES; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84911003410     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.02.022     Document Type: Article

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