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Surgical Site Infections in an Italian Surgical Ward: A Prospective Study

Alberto Di Leo, Silvano Piffer, Francesco Ricci, Alberto Manzi, Elena Poggi, Vincenzo Porretto, Paolo Fambri, Giannina Piccini, Trentini Patrizia, Luca Fabbri,

Surgical Infections · 2009 · 36 citations · 24 references

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Abstract

The NNIS method can be useful for SSI surveillance and monitoring in single surgical wards. Longer operations, diabetes mellitus, and obesity increase the risk of SSI, as does performance of surgery in an emergency situation.

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Surgical Site Infections: Reanalysis of Risk Factors

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