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Relationship of Hyperglycemia and Surgical-Site Infection in Orthopaedic Surgery

Justin E. Richards, Rondi M. Kauffmann, Scott L. Zuckerman, William T. Obremskey, Addison K. May

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery · 2012 · 209 citations · 29 references

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Abstract

Hyperglycemia was an independent risk factor for thirty-day surgical-site infection in orthopaedic trauma patients without a history of diabetes.

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Intensive Insulin Therapy in Critically Ill Patients

Greet Van den Berghe, Pieter Wouters, Frank Weekers et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 10K citations · Full text

The injury severity score: a method for describing patients with multiple injuries and evaluating emergency care.

Susan P. Baker, Brian O’Neill, William F. Haddon et al. · PubMed · 1974 · 8K citations

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THE INJURY SEVERITY SCORE

Susan P. Baker, Brian O’Neill, William F. Haddon et al. · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1974 · 7.2K citations

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Intensive versus Conventional Glucose Control in Critically Ill Patients

Nice-Sugar Study Investigators · New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 5K citations · Full text

Problems in the Management of Type III (Severe) Open Fractures

Ramon B. Gustilo, Rex M. Mendoza, David N. Williams · The Journal of Trauma: Injury, Infection, and Critical Care · 1984 · 2.3K citations

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