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| Title |
Surgical wound infection: epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnosis and management
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Infectious Diseases, November 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2334-6-171 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Robert H Rubin |
| Abstract |
Surgical wound infection remains a significant problem following an operation, although surveillance for such infections remains a challenge exacerbated by early discharge and outpatient surgery. The risk of such infections is determined by technical problems with the operation, particularly bleeding, the amount of devitalized tissue created, and the need for drains within the wound, as well as such metabolic factors as obesity and diabetes. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis can decrease the incidence of such infections further, but a technically perfect operation is even more important. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 114 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Colombia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 112 | 98% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 25 | 22% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 13% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 5% |
| Other | 11 | 10% |
| Unknown | 23 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 54 | 47% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 10 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 6 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 3% |
| Engineering | 3 | 3% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 26 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 21 June 2010.
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#7,444,605
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Outputs from BMC Infectious Diseases
#2,531
of 7,664 outputs
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#41,463
of 155,539 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Infectious Diseases
#7
of 9 outputs
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