Practice management guidelines for prophylactic antibiotic use in penetrating abdominal trauma: The EAST practice management guidelines work group

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 508-518

  Luchette, Fred A ^a,h   Borzotta, Anthony P ^b   Croce, Martin A ^c   O'Neill, Patricia A ^d   Whittmann, Dietmar H ^e   Mullins, C Daniel ^f   Palumbo, Francis ^f   Pasquale, Michael D ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LEGACY EMANUEL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^g LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Department of Surgery ML 0558 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PENETRATING TRAUMA; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 0034033808     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005373-200003000-00024     Document Type: Article

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