Most cited papers in Surgical site infection prevention
What are the most cited papers in Surgical site infection prevention?
The most cited paper in Surgical site infection prevention is "Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999" (Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa C Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al., 1999), with 4,641 citations. Next come "Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections" (4,028) and "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017" (3,599).
Showing 50 of 97 papers. Every paper with more than 578 citations is listed.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guideline for Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 1999 Alicia J. Mangram, Teresa C Horan, Michele L. Pearson et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Apr 1999 | 4,641 |
| 2 | Multistate Point-Prevalence Survey of Health Care–Associated Infections Shelley S. Magill, Jonathan R. Edwards, Wendy Bamberg et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 26 Mar 2014 | 4,028 |
| 3 | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Guideline for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection, 2017 Sandra I. Berríos-Torres, Craig A. Umscheid, Dale W. Bratzler et al. · JAMA Surgery | 3 May 2017 | 3,599 |
| 4 | Estimating Health Care-Associated Infections and Deaths in U.S. Hospitals, 2002 R. Monina Klevens, Jonathan R. Edwards, Chesley L. Richards et al. · Public Health Reports | Mar 2007 | 2,977 |
| 5 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2003, issued August 2003 A report from the NNIS System · American Journal of Infection Control | Dec 2003 | 2,924 |
| 6 | Perioperative Normothermia to Reduce the Incidence of Surgical-Wound Infection and Shorten Hospitalization Andrea M. Kurz, Daniel I. Sessler, Rainer Lenhardt · New England Journal of Medicine | 9 May 1996 | 2,785 |
| 7 | CDC definitions of nosocomial surgical site infections, 1992: A modification of CDC definitions of surgical wound infections T A Horan, R. P. Gaynes, William Martone et al. · American Journal of Infection Control | Oct 1992 | 2,621 |
| 8 | Clinical practice guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery Dale W. Bratzler, Evan Patchen Dellinger, Keith M. Olsen et al. · American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy | 17 Jan 2013 | 2,616 |
| 9 | Burden of endemic health-care-associated infection in developing countries: systematic review and meta-analysis Benedetta Allegranzi, Sepideh Bagheri Nejad, Christophe Combescure et al. · The Lancet | 10 Dec 2010 | 2,590 |
| 10 | National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance (NNIS) System Report, data summary from January 1992 through June 2004, issued October 2004 A report from the NNIS System · American Journal of Infection Control | Dec 2004 | 2,355 |
| 11 | Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment Michael J. Morykwas, Louis C. Argenta, Erica I. Shelton-Brown et al. · Annals of Plastic Surgery | Jun 1997 | 2,247 |
| 12 | Wound Microbiology and Associated Approaches to Wound Management Philip G. Bowler, Brian I. Duerden, David G. Armstrong · Clinical Microbiology Reviews | Apr 2001 | 2,124 |
| 13 | Vacuum-Assisted Closure: A New Method for Wound Control and Treatment Louis C. Argenta, Michael J. Morykwas · Annals of Plastic Surgery | Jun 1997 | 1,911 |
| 14 | Health Care–Associated Infections Eyal Zimlichman, Daniel Henderson, Orly Tamir et al. · JAMA Internal Medicine | 2 Sep 2013 | 1,879 |
| 15 | The Timing of Prophylactic Administration of Antibiotics and the Risk of Surgical-Wound Infection David C. Classen, R. Scott Evans, Stanley L. Pestotnik et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 30 Jan 1992 | 1,766 |
| 16 | The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections in the 1990s: Attributable Mortality, Excess Length of Hospitalization, And Extra Costs Kathryn B Kirkland, Jane Briggs, Sharon L. Trivette et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Nov 1999 | 1,732 |
| 17 | Surgical wound infection rates by wound class, operative procedure, and patient risk index David H. Culver, Teresa C Horan, Robert P. Gaynes et al. · The American Journal of Medicine | Sep 1991 | 1,628 |
| 18 | Chlorhexidine–Alcohol versus Povidone–Iodine for Surgical-Site Antisepsis Rabih O. Darouiche, Matthew J. Wall, Kamal M.F. Itani et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 6 Jan 2010 | 1,493 |
| 19 | The Epidemiology of Wound Infection: A 10-Year Prospective Study of 62,939 Wounds Peter J. E. Cruse, Rosemary Foord · Surgical Clinics of North America | Feb 1980 | 1,421 |
| 20 | Guideline for Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections 2009 Carolyn V. Gould, Craig A. Umscheid, Rajender K. Agarwal et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 15 Feb 2010 | 1,415 |
| 21 | CDC Definitions of Nosocomial Surgical Site Infections, 1992: A Modification of CDC Definitions of Surgical Wound Infections Teresa C Horan, Robert P. Gaynes, William J. Martone et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Oct 1992 | 1,404 |
| 22 | The Treatment of Soft-tissue Sarcomas of the Extremities Steven A. Rosenberg, Joel E. Tepper, ELI J. GLATSTEIN et al. · Annals of Surgery | Sep 1982 | 1,359 |
| 23 | The effective period of preventive antibiotic action in experimental incisions and dermal lesions. John Frederick Burke · PubMed | Jul 1961 | 1,289 |
| 24 | Changes in Prevalence of Health Care–Associated Infections in U.S. Hospitals Shelley S. Magill et al. · New England Journal of Medicine | 31 Oct 2018 | 1,280 |
| 25 | Perioperative Maintenance of Normothermia Reduces the Incidence of Morbid Cardiac Events Steven M. Frank · JAMA | 9 Apr 1997 | 1,278 |
| 26 | The Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2008 Cardiac Surgery Risk Models: Part 1—Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery David M. Shahian, Sean Michael O'Brien, Giovanni Filardo et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | 25 Jun 2009 | 1,272 |
| 27 | An overview of nosocomial infections, including the role of the microbiology laboratory T.Grace Emori, Robert P. Gaynes · Clinical Microbiology Reviews | Oct 1993 | 1,263 |
| 28 | Surgical site infection: Incidence and impact on hospital utilization and treatment costs Gregory de Lissovoy, Kathy H. Fraeman, Valerie Hutchins et al. · American Journal of Infection Control | 24 Apr 2009 | 1,258 |
| 29 | Continuous intravenous insulin infusion reduces the incidence of deep sternal wound infection in diabetic patients after cardiac surgical procedures Anthony P. Furnary, Kathryn J Zerr, Gary L. Grunkemeier et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | Feb 1999 | 1,247 |
| 30 | Inferior epigastric artery skin flaps without rectus abdominis muscle Isao Koshima, Shugo Soeda · British Journal of Plastic Surgery | Nov 1989 | 1,241 |
| 31 | Strategies to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Acute Care Hospitals: 2014 Update Deverick John Anderson, Kelly Podgorny, Sandra I. Berríos-Torres et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | 6 May 2014 | 1,231 |
| 32 | An Economic Evaluation of the Impact, Cost, and Medicare Policy Implications of Chronic Nonhealing Wounds Samuel R. Nussbaum, Marissa Janine Carter, Caroline E. Fife et al. · Value in Health | 20 Sep 2017 | 1,224 |
| 33 | Staphylococcus aureus Endocarditis Vance G. Fowler et al. · JAMA | 21 Jun 2005 | 1,175 |
| 34 | Deep Inferior Epigastric Perforator Flap for Breast Reconstruction Robert J. Allen, Penny Treece · Annals of Plastic Surgery | 1994 | 1,173 |
| 35 | Antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery: An advisory statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project Dale W. Bratzler, Peter M. Houck · The American Journal of Surgery | Apr 2005 | 1,168 |
| 36 | American College of Surgeons and Surgical Infection Society: Surgical Site Infection Guidelines, 2016 Update Kristen A. Ban, Joseph P. Minei, Christine Laronga et al. · Journal of the American College of Surgeons | 30 Nov 2016 | 1,113 |
| 37 | Role of Rifampin for Treatment of Orthopedic Implant–Related Staphylococcal Infections A Randomized Controlled Trial Werner Zimmerli · JAMA | 20 May 1998 | 1,076 |
| 38 | Nosocomial Infections in Combined Medical-Surgical Intensive Care Units in the United States Michael J. Richards, Jonathan R. Edwards, David H. Culver et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Aug 2000 | 1,036 |
| 39 | Surgical site infections: epidemiology, microbiology and prevention Christopher D. Owens, Kathleen B Stoessel · Journal of Hospital Infection | Nov 2008 | 1,002 |
| 40 | Negative pressure wound therapy after partial diabetic foot amputation: a multicentre, randomised controlled trial David G. Armstrong, Lawrence A. Lavery · The Lancet | Nov 2005 | 961 |
| 41 | Adverse Clinical and Economic Outcomes Attributable to Methicillin Resistance among Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Surgical Site Infection John J. Engemann, Yehuda Carmeli, Sara E. Cosgrove et al. · Clinical Infectious Diseases | Mar 2003 | 939 |
| 42 | The Impact of Surgical-Site Infections Following Orthopedic Surgery at a Community Hospital and a University Hospital Adverse Quality of Life, Excess Length of Stay, and Extra Cost James D. Whitehouse, N. Deborah Friedman, Kathryn B Kirkland et al. · Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology | Apr 2002 | 938 |
| 43 | Glucose Control Lowers the Risk of Wound Infection in Diabetics After Open Heart Operations Kathryn J Zerr, Anthony P. Furnary, Gary L. Grunkemeier et al. · The Annals of Thoracic Surgery | Feb 1997 | 928 |
| 44 | Impact of surgical site infection on healthcare costs and patient outcomes: a systematic review in six European countries Josep María Badía, Anna L. Casey, Nicola Petrosillo et al. · Journal of Hospital Infection | 8 Mar 2017 | 925 |
| 45 | Fracture-related infection: A consensus on definition from an international expert group Willem‐Jan Metsemakers, Mario Morgenstern, Martin A. McNally et al. · Injury | 25 Aug 2017 | 921 |
| 46 | Mechanical bowel preparation for elective colorectal surgery Katia Ferreira Güenaga, Délcio Matos, Peer Wille-Jørgensen · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews | 31 Aug 2011 | 918 |
| 47 | New WHO recommendations on preoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective Benedetta Allegranzi, P. Bischoff, Stijn W. de Jonge et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2 Nov 2016 | 916 |
| 48 | Best Practice Policy Statement on Urologic Surgery Antimicrobial Prophylaxis J. Stuart Wolf, Carol J. Bennett, Roger Roman Dmochowski et al. · The Journal of Urology | 22 Feb 2008 | 903 |
| 49 | New WHO recommendations on intraoperative and postoperative measures for surgical site infection prevention: an evidence-based global perspective Benedetta Allegranzi, Bassim Zayed, P. Bischoff et al. · The Lancet Infectious Diseases | 2 Nov 2016 | 884 |
| 50 | Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Surgery: An Advisory Statement from the National Surgical Infection Prevention Project William Dale, M. Peter, for the Surgical Infection Prevention Guidelines Writers Workgroup · Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2 Jun 2004 | 884 |
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