[Wound infection following heart surgery].
Two hundred patients who had been submitted to cardiac surgery were subdivided at random into two groups with removal of the dressings on the first or fifth postoperative day. The risk of wound infection was demonstrated to be identical in the two groups. Early removal of the dressings is therefore recommended.
Garne
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Merrild
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D001458:Bandages; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003718:Denmark; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control
Sårinfektioner efter hjertekirurgi.