297. Risk Factors for Infections in Open Fractures

708Risk Factors for Infections after Open Fractures - Opportunities for Improving Prophylactic Antimicrobial Therapy

Improving Prophylactic Antimicrobial Therapy Kamla SanasiBhola, MD; Sharon Weissman, MD; Joseph Horvath, MD; Rebecca Berdel, MD; Stephan Albrecht, BS; Melanie Whitmire, MA; David Parker, PhD; Helmut Albrecht, MD; University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; Infectious Disease, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC; West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV; Internal Medicine, University of S...

Risk Factors for Fractures in the Elderly

s 221 RISK FACTORS FOR FRACTURES IN THE ELDERLY H Jacqmingadda, A Fourrier, D Commenges and J F Dartigues Bordeaux, France Abstract from Epidemiology 9 (4) 417-423 1998from Epidemiology 9 (4) 417-423 1998 We report the results of a 5-year prospective cohort study of risk factors for fractures, including drinking fluoridated water, in a cohort of 3,216 men and women age 65 years and older. We st...

Analysis of the incidence and risk factors for wound infections in open bariatric surgery.

BACKGROUND Our clinical impression derived from >95% follow-up of patients was that our wound infection rate was higher than the 1-10% reported in the literature. The purpose of this study was to determine the incidence and risk factors for wound infection in open bariatric surgery. METHODS We queried our prospectively acquired bariatric surgery outcomes database, and retrospectively audited ...

ETR 297 - Human Factors (HF); Human Factors in Videotelephony

Risk Factors for Repeated Gonococcal Infections: San

Jeffrey D. Klausner, Donald C. Barrett, Dwyn Dithmer, Epidemic Intelligence Service, Epidemiology Program Office—State Branch, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Cherrie B. Boyer, George F. Brooks, and Gail Bolan Department of Sociology, California State University, San Marcos, Division of Adolescent Medicine and Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of Califo...