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Risk factors for surgical site infections
CI, confidence interval; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; GCS, Glasgow Coma Scale; NS, not stated; OR, odds ratio.
a)Includes hypertension, cancer and diabetes. b)Includes diabetes, hypertension, heart/liver/renal disease. c)Includes cardiac, colon and gastric surgery, hysterectomy, hip/knee replacement surgery.
