Postsplenectomy care: Strategies to decrease the risk of infection

Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 195-205

  Williams, David N ^a   Kaur, Bhavjot ^b  

^a HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; SPLENECTOMY; TIME; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PENICILLINS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SPLENECTOMY; TIME FACTORS; VACCINATION;

EID: 0030188555     PISSN: 00325481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3810/pgm.1996.07.16     Document Type: Article

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