TY - JOUR AU - Lola, Ioanna AU - Levidiotou, Stamatina AU - Petrou, Anastasios AU - Arnaoutoglou, Helen AU - Apostolakis, Efstratios AU - Papadopoulos, George S. PY - 2011 DA - 2011/11/14 TI - Are there independent predisposing factors for postoperative infections following open heart surgery? JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery SP - 151 VL - 6 IS - 1 AB - Nosocomial infections after cardiac surgery represent serious complications associated with substantial morbidity, mortality and economic burden. This study was undertaken to evaluate the frequency, characteristics, and risk factors of microbiologically documented nosocomial infections after cardiac surgery in a Cardio-Vascular Intensive Care Unit (CVICU). SN - 1749-8090 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-6-151 DO - 10.1186/1749-8090-6-151 ID - Lola2011 ER -