The role of anesthesiologists in the selection and administration of perioperative antibiotics: A survey of the American Association of Clinical Directors

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 102, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1177-1182

  Warters, R David ^a,c   Szmuk, Peter ^a   Pivalizza, Evan G ^a   Gebhard, Ralf E ^a   Katz, Jeffrey ^a   Ezri, Tiberiu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANESTHESIST; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; DRUG CHOICE; EVALUATION RESEARCH; HEALTH SURVEY; NONHUMAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSIBILITY; REVIEW; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 33645503754     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ane.0000195551.35172.86     Document Type: Article

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