Postoperative abnormal response of C-reactive protein as an indicator for infectious complications after oral oncologic surgery with primary reconstruction

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue April, 2015, Pages

  Akashi, Masaya ^a   Furudoi, Shungo ^a   Hashikawa, Kazunobu ^a   Sakakibara, Akiko ^a   Hasegawa, Takumi ^a   Shigeta, Takashi ^a   Minamikawa, Tsutomu ^a   Komori, Takahide ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C reactive protein; Infectious complication; Non wound infection; Oral cancer; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; CATHETER INFECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION COMPLICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLASTIC SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL INFECTION; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VERY ELDERLY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL INDICATOR; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84928817283     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19160216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40463-015-0066-6     Document Type: Article

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