Early antibiotic treatment in acute necrotising pancreatitis

The Lancet

Volumn 346, Issue 8976, 1995, Pages 663-667

  Sainio, V ^a   Kemppainen, E ^a   Puolakkainen, P ^a   Haapiainen, R ^a   Schröder, T ^a   Kivilaakso, E ^a   Valtonen, V ^a   Taavitsainen, M ^a   Kivisaarl, L ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CEFUROXIME;

ACUTE HEMORRHAGIC PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029096356     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(95)92280-6     Document Type: Article

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