The Surgical Site Infection Risk Score (SSIRS): A Model to Predict the Risk of Surgical Site Infections.

The Surgical Site Infection Risk Score (SSIRS): A Model to Predict the Risk of Surgical Site Infections.

BACKGROUND:Surgical site infections (SSI) are an important cause of peri-surgical morbidity with risks that vary extensively between patients and surgeries. Quantifying SSI risk would help identify candidates most likely to benefit from interventions to decrease the risk of SSI. METHODS:We randomly...

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Main Authors: Carl van Walraven, Reilly Musselman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3694979?pdf=render

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