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Abstract
Seventy-two out of 1,325 consecutive pediatric patients (5.43%) developed an operative wound infection in a general pediatric surgery unit. The wound infection rate was observed to be highest in neonates (13.75%) as compared with the children over 5 years of age (2.93%). The increased susceptibility of newborns to wound infection was found to be statistically significant. Patients operated for gastrointestinal problems and solid abdominal neoplasms had the highest wound infection rate.Entities:
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Year: 1986 PMID: 3783376 DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3468(86)80016-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Surg ISSN: 0022-3468 Impact factor: 2.545