Timing of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgery for adult hip fracture

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 263-266

  Thonse, Raghuram ^a   Sreenivas, Muthyala ^a   Sherman, Kevin P ^a  

^a HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Hip fracture; Prophylaxis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HIP FRACTURE; HIP SURGERY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 3242742985     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804560     Document Type: Article

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