A case-control study of risk factors for wound infection in a colorectal unit.

PubWeight™: 0.78‹?›

🔗 View Article (PMID 24417828)

Published in Ann R Coll Surg Engl on January 01, 2014

Authors

K Power1, M M Davies, R Hargest, S Phillips, J Torkington, C Morris

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Colorectal Surgery, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, UK. catherine.power@wales.nhs.uk.

Articles citing this

How obesity impacts outcomes of infectious diseases. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis (2016) 0.82

Obese patients have similar short-term outcomes to non-obese in laparoscopic colorectal surgery. World J Gastrointest Surg (2015) 0.75

Articles cited by this

Guideline for prevention of surgical site infection, 1999. Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (1999) 13.53

Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Hospital Infection Control Practices Advisory Committee. Am J Infect Control (1999) 8.64

Meta-analysis of short-term outcomes after laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer. Br J Surg (2004) 3.59

A clinical pathway to accelerate recovery after colonic resection. Ann Surg (2000) 3.04

The rate and cost of hospital-acquired infections occurring in patients admitted to selected specialties of a district general hospital in England and the national burden imposed. J Hosp Infect (2001) 2.69

Adverse impact of surgical site infections in English hospitals. J Hosp Infect (2005) 2.51

Strategies to prevent surgical site infections in acute care hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2008) 2.22

Prevention and treatment of surgical site infection: summary of NICE guidance. BMJ (2008) 2.21

Obesity decreases perioperative tissue oxygenation. Anesthesiology (2004) 1.85

Prevention of surgical site infection. Surg Clin North Am (2009) 1.29

Caesarean section surgical site infection surveillance. J Hosp Infect (2006) 1.28

Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgery in morbidly obese patients. Surgery (1989) 1.16

The role of topical antibiotics used as prophylaxis in surgical site infection prevention. J Antimicrob Chemother (2011) 1.06

Diabetes mellitus and cardiothoracic surgical site infections. Am J Infect Control (2005) 0.96

The reclosure of postoperative incisional abscesses based on bacterial quantification of the wound. Ann Surg (1970) 0.92

Wound closure technique and acute wound complications in gastric surgery for morbid obesity: a prospective randomized trial. J Am Coll Surg (2000) 0.89

Prevention of surgical site infections by an infusion of topical antibiotics in morbidly obese patients. Surg Infect (Larchmt) (2009) 0.81

Articles by these authors

(truncated to the top 100)

Mutagenesis at a specific position in a DNA sequence. J Biol Chem (1978) 7.56

Extrathymic tolerance of mature T cells: clonal elimination as a consequence of immunity. Cell (1990) 6.33

Utilization of bacteriophage T7 late promoters in recombinant plasmids during infection. J Mol Biol (1981) 5.66

Socioeconomic status and breast cancer incidence in California for different race/ethnic groups. Cancer Causes Control (2001) 5.38

Reducing the risk of major elective surgery: randomised controlled trial of preoperative optimisation of oxygen delivery. BMJ (1999) 4.98

The DNA sequence and analysis of human chromosome 6. Nature (2003) 4.75

Voltage oscillations in the barnacle giant muscle fiber. Biophys J (1981) 4.45

Etomidate for emergency anaesthesia; mad, bad and dangerous to know? Anaesthesia (2005) 3.46

Epidural analgesia: first do no harm. Anaesthesia (2008) 3.27

Tn554--a site-specific repressor-controlled transposon in Staphylococcus aureus. Nature (1979) 3.27

A determination of mutagen specificity in bacteria using nonsense mutants of bacteriophage T4. J Mol Biol (1967) 3.26

The t(7;11)(p15;p15) translocation in acute myeloid leukaemia fuses the genes for nucleoporin NUP98 and class I homeoprotein HOXA9. Nat Genet (1996) 3.05

Fulvestrant, formerly ICI 182,780, is as effective as anastrozole in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer progressing after prior endocrine treatment. J Clin Oncol (2002) 2.86

Choice matters: enrollees' views of their health plans. Health Aff (Millwood) (1995) 2.77

Intra-abdominal hypertension and the abdominal compartment syndrome. Br J Surg (2004) 2.61

Correlation of the highest-energy cosmic rays with nearby extragalactic objects. Science (2007) 2.57

Double-blind, randomized trial comparing the efficacy and tolerability of fulvestrant versus anastrozole in postmenopausal women with advanced breast cancer progressing on prior endocrine therapy: results of a North American trial. J Clin Oncol (2002) 2.55

Long-term outcome following loose-seton technique for external sphincter preservation in complex anal fistula. Br J Surg (2004) 2.40

New developments in the Life Table Analysis System of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. J Occup Med (1990) 2.33

Fomepizole for the treatment of ethylene glycol poisoning. Methylpyrazole for Toxic Alcohols Study Group. N Engl J Med (1999) 2.27

Managed care: promise and concerns. Health Aff (Millwood) (1994) 2.24

Arsenic and mercury intoxication due to Indian ethnic remedies. BMJ (1993) 2.24

Biotransformation of hydrocarbons and related compounds by whole organism suspensions of methane-grown methylosinus trichosporium OB 3b. Biochem Biophys Res Commun (1979) 2.22

Processing capacity defined by relational complexity: implications for comparative, developmental, and cognitive psychology. Behav Brain Sci (1998) 2.20

Autoantibodies detected to expressed K+ channels are implicated in neuromyotonia. Ann Neurol (1997) 2.17

Prevalence of HIV infection in patients attending an inner city accident and emergency department. BMJ (1994) 2.15

Long-term outcome in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: a multi-institutional study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2000) 2.14

Manual differential cell counts help predict bacterial infection. A multivariate analysis. Am J Clin Pathol (2001) 2.13

Epidemiology and cost of ventral hernia repair: making the case for hernia research. Hernia (2011) 2.06

ICI 182,780 (Faslodex): development of a novel, "pure" antiestrogen. Cancer (2000) 2.05

Opinion statement on the minimal acceptable standards of healthcare in cerebral palsy. Disabil Rehabil (2001) 2.05

Salmonella enterica serovar typhi uses type IVB pili to enter human intestinal epithelial cells. Infect Immun (2000) 2.04

Defined transversion mutations at a specific position in DNA using synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotides as mutagens. Nucleic Acids Res (1979) 1.99

A monoclonal antibody to the heavy chain of clathrin. EMBO J (1983) 1.94

High-efficiency receptor-mediated delivery of small and large (48 kilobase gene constructs using the endosome-disruption activity of defective or chemically inactivated adenovirus particles. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (1992) 1.90

A prospective audit against national standards of the presentation and management of acute pancreatitis in the South of England. Gut (2000) 1.87

Doublet discrimination in DNA cell-cycle analysis. Cytometry (2001) 1.83

Comparison of the short-term biological effects of 7alpha-[9-(4,4,5,5,5-pentafluoropentylsulfinyl)-nonyl]estra-1,3,5, (10)-triene-3,17beta-diol (Faslodex) versus tamoxifen in postmenopausal women with primary breast cancer. Cancer Res (2001) 1.81

Increased risk of deep-vein thrombosis in patients with multiple myeloma receiving thalidomide and chemotherapy. Blood (2001) 1.80

Isolation and chromosomal localization of CRKL, a human crk-like gene. Oncogene (1993) 1.76

Regulation of the cross-bridge transition from a weakly to strongly bound state in skinned rabbit muscle fibers. Am J Physiol (1995) 1.71

Health insurance: the size and shape of the problem. Inquiry (1995) 1.71

Registrar operating experience over a 15-year period: more, less or more or less the same? Surgeon (2004) 1.71

Impact of HIV type 1 subtype variation on viral RNA quantitation. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses (1999) 1.67

Rapid and specific detection of Sin Nombre virus antibodies in patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome by a strip immunoblot assay suitable for field diagnosis. J Clin Microbiol (1997) 1.65

Practice parameter: diagnostic assessment of the child with status epilepticus (an evidence-based review): report of the Quality Standards Subcommittee of the American Academy of Neurology and the Practice Committee of the Child Neurology Society. Neurology (2006) 1.63

Scintigraphic measurement of regional gut transit in idiopathic constipation. Gastroenterology (1991) 1.63

Success of ERCP at a referral center after a previously unsuccessful attempt. Gastrointest Endosc (2000) 1.60

Characterization of human antibody responses to four corners hantavirus infections among patients with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. J Virol (1994) 1.59

Rapid relief of acute sore throat with AMC/DCBA throat lozenges: randomised controlled trial. Int J Clin Pract (2009) 1.58

Tn554: isolation and characterization of plasmid insertions. Plasmid (1981) 1.57

Variability of motility of the ileum and jejunum in healthy humans. Gastroenterology (1982) 1.57

Dangers of lubricants used with condoms. Nature (1988) 1.56

Relationship of motility to flow of contents in the human small intestine. Gastroenterology (1982) 1.55

Highly specific V3 peptide enzyme immunoassay for serotyping HIV-1 specimens from Thailand. AIDS (1993) 1.54

Motor responses to food of the ileum, proximal colon, and distal colon of healthy humans. Gastroenterology (1983) 1.53

Anal and dry sex in commercial sex work, and relation to risk for sexually transmitted infections and HIV in Meru, Kenya. Sex Transm Infect (2006) 1.53

Cortical visual dysfunction in children: a clinical study. Eye (Lond) (1996) 1.51

Detection of BRAF mutations in the tumour and serum of patients enrolled in the AZD6244 (ARRY-142886) advanced melanoma phase II study. Br J Cancer (2009) 1.50

Creating a Canadian stroke system. CMAJ (2001) 1.50

Fomepizole for the treatment of methanol poisoning. N Engl J Med (2001) 1.49

Measurement of the depth of maximum of extensive air showers above 10{18} eV. Phys Rev Lett (2010) 1.48

Teenagers' preferences regarding the presence of family members, peers, and chaperones during examination of genitalia. Pediatrics (1981) 1.48

Pyelonephritis: the relationship between infection, renal scarring, and antimicrobial therapy. Kidney Int (1981) 1.47

Length heterogeneity in the poly (adenylic acid) region of yeast messenger ribonucleic acid. Biochemistry (1974) 1.43

Erythema migrans after ceftriaxone treatment of aseptic meningitis caused by Borrelia burgdorferi. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2001) 1.43

Exchange transfusion in the treatment of severe theophylline poisoning. Pediatrics (1992) 1.43

ABR, an active BCR-related gene. Nucleic Acids Res (1989) 1.42

Management of the asymptomatic primary in the palliative treatment of metastatic colorectal cancer. Colorectal Dis (2008) 1.42

A call for educational reform: Colorado nursing doctorate model as exemplar. Nurs Outlook (1992) 1.40

Consent for practising difficult intubation techniques. Anaesthesia (2005) 1.40

The human cut homeodomain protein can repress gene expression by two distinct mechanisms: active repression and competition for binding site occupancy. Mol Cell Biol (1996) 1.40

High incidence of chromosome 13 deletion in multiple myeloma detected by multiprobe interphase FISH. Blood (2000) 1.39

Induction of ovulation with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone--life-table analysis of 50 courses of treatment. Med J Aust (1989) 1.39

Amino-acid and cDNA nucleotide sequences of human Clara cell 10 kDa protein. Biochim Biophys Acta (1988) 1.39

Sudden death in Williams syndrome: report of ten cases. J Pediatr (1996) 1.38

Elevation of breath ethanol measurements by metered-dose inhalers. Ann Emerg Med (1995) 1.38

Metastatic breast carcinoma to bone disguised by osteopoikilosis. Skeletal Radiol (2003) 1.36

Molecular cloning, nucleotide sequence, and function of a site-specific recombinase encoded in the major 'pathogenicity island' of Salmonella typhi. Gene (1997) 1.34

Altered gene profiles in fetal rat testes after in utero exposure to di(n-butyl) phthalate. Toxicol Sci (2001) 1.33

Medicare prospective payment without separate urban and rural rates. Health Care Financ Rev (1992) 1.32

Prevalence and intensity of intestinal parasitic infections in relation to nutritional status in Mexican schoolchildren. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg (2004) 1.32

Novel, non-radioactive, simple and multiplex PCR-cRFLP methods for genotyping human SP-A and SP-D marker alleles. Dis Markers (1999) 1.32

A systematic review of caregiver burden following stroke. Int J Stroke (2009) 1.31

Regulation of force and unloaded sliding speed in single thin filaments: effects of regulatory proteins and calcium. J Physiol (2000) 1.31

Surveillance for stroke in Canada. Health Rep (1994) 1.30

O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase in pretreatment tumour biopsies as a predictor of response to temozolomide in melanoma. Br J Cancer (1998) 1.29

Antibody responses to Four Corners hantavirus infections in the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus): identification of an immunodominant region of the viral nucleocapsid protein. J Virol (1995) 1.28

Bacillus anthracis contamination and inhalational anthrax in a mail processing and distribution center. J Appl Microbiol (2004) 1.25

A molecular biomarker system for assessing the health of coral (Montastraea faveolata) during heat stress. Mar Biotechnol (NY) (2000) 1.23

Sexual patterning and condom use among a group of HIV vulnerable men in Thika, Kenya. Sex Transm Infect (2004) 1.20

Reactivation of heritably silenced gene expression in mice. Mamm Genome (2000) 1.18

Geographic variation of procedure utilization. A hierarchical model approach. Med Care (1993) 1.18

Moving stroke care forward. Can Fam Physician (2001) 1.18

Motion analysis. Surg Endosc (2001) 1.17

A walking program for nursing home residents: effects on walk endurance, physical activity, mobility, and quality of life. J Am Geriatr Soc (1996) 1.16

Alveolar capillary dysplasia. Report of a case of prolonged life without extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) and review of the literature. Early Hum Dev (2000) 1.14

Biological membranes are rich in low-frequency motion. Biochim Biophys Acta (1983) 1.13

Autologous stem cell transplantation in elderly multiple myeloma patients over the age of 70 years. Br J Haematol (2001) 1.13

Demographic and health-related factors associated with complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use in multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler (2006) 1.13