Perioperative antibiotics and practice: Little things that make a big difference

Anesthesiology Clinics of North America

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 473-491

  Keegan, Mark T ^a   Brown, Daniel R ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTETAN; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; GRAMICIDIN; METRONIDAZOLE; NEOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ASEPSIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRONCHOSPASM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; EYE SURGERY; FLUSHING; GLYCEMIC INDEX; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART SURGERY; HISTAMINE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; INFECTION RISK; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LARYNX EDEMA; MAST CELL DEGRANULATION; MUSCLE SPASM; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROSURGERY; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; OTOTOXICITY; OXYGEN THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PHLEBITIS; QT PROLONGATION; REVIEW; SHOCK; SURGICAL INFECTION; THERMOREGULATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ANESTHESIA; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 4344626206     PISSN: 08898537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atc.2004.04.007     Document Type: Review

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