Applicability of the surgical site infection risk index to patients undergoing cardiac, neurologic and orthopedic surgery
Introduction: The surgical site infection risk index (SSIRI) includes three risk factors for surgical site infection (SSI): potential for surgical contamination, duration of surgery, and patient’s ASA score. A patient having a preoperative American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) score of III, IV...
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| Language: | English |
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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre ; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Biomedical Research |
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| Online Access: | http://seer.ufrgs.br/hcpa/article/view/71288 |