Splenectomy in a general hospital

Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 199-201

  Glass, J M ^a,b   Gilbert, J M ^a  

^a WEXHAM PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Splenectomy; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HEMATEMESIS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INJURY; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; REOPERATION; SPLENECTOMY; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0029915704     PISSN: 01410768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014107689608900407     Document Type: Article

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