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Overweight and Obese Pediatric Patients Have an Increased Risk of Developing a Surgical Site Infection

Brian P. Blackwood, Colin D. Gause, Jamie Harris, Christina M. Theodorou, Irene Helenowski, Timothy B. Lautz, Julia Grabowski, Catherine J. Hunter

Surgical Infections · 2016 · 25 citations · 39 references

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Herein we show elevated BMI to be a significant risk factor for SSIs. This information should be used in assessing and counseling pre-operative pediatric patients and families.

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

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R. Monina Klevens, Jonathan R. Edwards, Chesley Richards et al. · Public Health Reports · 2007 · 2.9K citations

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999

Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al. · American Journal of Infection Control · 1999 · 2.8K citations

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Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization

Andrea Kurz, Daniel I. Sessler, Rainer Lenhardt · New England Journal of Medicine · 1996 · 2.7K citations · Full text

The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs

Kathryn B. Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology · 1999 · 1.7K citations