Concepedia

Risk factors associated with surgical site infection in upper and lower gastrointestinal surgery

Akihiro Watanabe, Shunji Kohnoe, Rinshun Shimabukuro, Takeharu Yamanaka, Yasunori Iso, Hideo Baba, Hidefumi Higashi, Hiroyuki Orita, Yasunori Emi, Ikuo Takahashi,

Surgery Today · 2008 · 178 citations · 21 references

Concepts

MedicinePerioperative MedicineSurgeryGeneral SurgeryInfection PreventionPerioperative Infection PreventionAntimicrobial ProphylaxisGastrointestinal SurgeryPostoperative Infection PreventionSurgical ComplicationsSurgical ProphylaxisSurgical Site InfectionInfection Risk FactorsIntraoperative Infection ControlLower Gastrointestinal SurgeryPostoperative Infectious ComplicationsPostoperative Surgical Site InfectionSurgical Site Infection DetectionSurgical Site Infection Prophylaxis

References

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Regression Models and Life-Tables

D. R. Cox · Journal of the Royal Statistical Society Series B (Statistical Methodology) · 1972 · 39.3K citations · Full text

Public Health, Biostatistics, Hazard Identification +16

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1999 · 4.6K citations

Medicine, Microbiology, Surgery +17

THE EFFICACY OF INFECTION SURVEILLANCE AND CONTROL PROGRAMS IN PREVENTING NOSOCOMIAL INFECTIONS IN US HOSPITALS

Robert W. Haley, David H. Culver, John White et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 1985 · 2.1K citations

Public Health, Infectious Disease Control, Surgery +17

The Epidemiology of Wound Infection: A 10-Year Prospective Study of 62,939 Wounds

Peter Cruse, Rosemary Foord · Surgical Clinics of North America · 1980 · 1.4K citations

Veterinary Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Surgery +13

Wound Infection After Elective Colorectal Resection

Robert L. Smith, Jamie K. Bohl, Shannon T. McElearney et al. · Annals of Surgery · 2004 · 598 citations · Full text

Medicine, Perioperative Medicine, Surgery +16