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Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. Study of Wound Infection and Temperature Group.
Kurz A, Sessler DI, Lenhardt R.: Perioperative normothermia to reduce the incidence of surgical-wound infection and shorten hospitalization. Study of Wound Infection and Temperature Group. New England Journal of Medicine. 1996;334(19):1209–1215

Recommended article from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Collaborative on Surgical Infection Prevention, which concluded in April 2003.



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