Antibiotic administration in patients undergoing common surgical procedures in a community teaching hospital: The chaos continues

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 429-433

  Gorecki, Piotr ^a,b   Schein, Moshe ^a,b   Rucinski, James C ^a,b   Wise, Leslie ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG USE; DRUG UTILIZATION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; GASTRECTOMY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0032951929     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00012319     Document Type: Article

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