Selective decontamination of the digestive tract in surgical patients: A systematic review of the evidence

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 170-176

  Nathens, Avery B ^b   Marshall, John C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFICACY; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INTESTINE FLORA; MEDICAL LITERATURE; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOGENESIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; HUMANS; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 0032988992     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.134.2.170     Document Type: Article

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