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ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Codes vs. Wound Cultures for the Diagnosis of Surgical Site Infection after Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction

We compared surveillance of surgical site infection after major breast operations using a combination of ICD-9-CM diagnosis codes to microbiology-based surveillance. The sensitivity was 87.5% for the coding algorithm and 78.1% for wound cultures. Our results suggest that SSI surveillance can be reli...

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Autori principali: Olsen, Margaret A., Fraser, Victoria J.
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: 2010
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3618677/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20334508
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1086/652155
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