Splenectomy and the risk of sepsis: A population-based cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1081-1087

  Edgren, Gustaf ^a,b,c   Almqvist, Rikke ^a   Hartman, Mikael ^a,d   Utter, Garth H ^e  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Sepsis; Splenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATIO; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEPSIS; SPLENECTOMY; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922327625     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000000439     Document Type: Article

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