Association of Timely Administration of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Major Surgical Procedures and Surgical Site Infection

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 206, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 814-819

  Hawn, Mary T ^a,b   Itani, Kamal M ^e,f   Gray, Stephen H ^a,b,c   Vick, Catherine C ^a,b   Henderson, William ^g   Houston, Thomas K ^a,d  

^a BIRMINGHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Kentucky   (United States)

^c Health Services   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHRONOTHERAPY; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLON SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR SURGERY; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PEER REVIEW; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURGICAL INFECTION; VALIDITY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43049127425     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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