Management of patients undergoing splenectomy in an Irish teaching hospital: Impact of guidelines

Irish Journal of Medical Science

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 136-140

  O'Donnell, Jill ^a   McGreal, G ^a   Daly, P ^a   Crowley, R ^a   Barry, M C ^a   Broe, P ^a   Bouchier Hayes, D J ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; INFLUENZA VACCINE; MENINGOCOCCUS VACCINE; PENICILLIN V; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; ASPLENIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FATALITY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION RISK; INFLUENZA; IRELAND; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENINGOCOCCOSIS; MORTALITY; PANCREAS FISTULA; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; SPLEEN INJURY; SPLENECTOMY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; VACCINATION;

EID: 13444301223     PISSN: 00211265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03167927     Document Type: Article

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