Pneumonia after cardiac surgery is predictable by tracheal aspirates but cannot be prevented by prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 143-148

  Carrel, Thierry P ^a,c   Eisinger, Elisabeth ^a   Vogt, Markus ^b   Turina, Marko I ^a  

^a Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; GRAM STAINING; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 0034948285     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(01)02669-8     Document Type: Article

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