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The risk factors for deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery are different  Margaret A. Olsen,

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1 The risk factors for deep and superficial chest surgical-site infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery are different  Margaret A. Olsen, MPH, PhD, Patricia Lock-Buckley, Diane Hopkins, RN, BSN, CIC, Louis B. Polish, MD, Thoralf M. Sundt, MD*, Victoria J. Fraser, MD  The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  Volume 124, Issue 1, Pages (July 2002) DOI: /mtc Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

2 Fig. 1 Percentage of patients with deep or superficial chest SSIs according to preoperative predicted mortality. The percentage of predicted operative mortality, calculated by using the STS software, was categorized into 4 groups: 0% to 1.99%; 2% to 4.99%; 5% to 9.99%; and 10% and greater. The percentage of patients with deep or superficial chest SSIs was determined within each category of predicted mortality. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery  , DOI: ( /mtc ) Copyright © 2002 American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions


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