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- Title
Risk Factors for Radial Artery Harvest Site Infection Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery.
- Authors
Trick, William E.; Scheckler, William E.; Tokars, Jerome I.; Jones, Kevin C.; Smith, Ellen M.; Reppen, Mel L.; Jarvis, William R.
- Abstract
Describes the rates for and risk factors for radial artery harvest site infection (HSI) at a community hospital. Potential donor sites for grafts used during coronary revascularization; Routine versus heightened surveillance of infection control; Identification of preoperative hyperglycemia and surgery duration as independent risk factors for radial artery HSI.
- Subjects
ARTERIAL diseases; MYOCARDIAL revascularization; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Clinical Infectious Diseases, 2000, Vol 30, Issue 2, p270
- ISSN
1058-4838
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1086/313657