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Wound infections are among the most common serious complications of anesthesia and surgery. The reported incidence of wound infections in patients having two or more factors increasing risk of infection (e.g., abdominal surgery, surgery lasting more than 2 hours, “contaminated” or “dirty-infected” wounds, or three or more underlying diagnoses), ranges from 8 to 27% (1).
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Kurz, A., Sessler, D.I., Lenhardt, R., Narzt, E., Huemer, G., Lackner, F. (1994). Does Intraoperative Core Hypothermia Increase the Incidence of Surgical Wound Infections and Prolong Hospitalization?. In: Zeisberger, E., Schönbaum, E., Lomax, P. (eds) Thermal Balance in Health and Disease. APS Advances in Pharmacological Sciences. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-7429-8_36
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