Prediction of surgical site infections after major surgery using visible and near-infrared spectroscopy

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 599, Issue , 2008, Pages 37-44

  Ives, Charlotte L ^a   Harrison, D K ^a   Stansby, G S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH DURHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR SURGERY; MALE; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND;

EID: 84934441845     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-71764-7_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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