Surgical site infection following cesarean deliveries: trends and risk factors

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 8-12

  Krieger, Yuval ^a   Walfisch, Asnat ^a   Sheiner, Eyal ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cesarean scar; cesarean section; risk factors; surgical site infection; wound infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY; ISRAEL; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; PREGNANCY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84977278808     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2016.1163540     Document Type: Article

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