The timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 247, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 918-926

  Weber, Walter P ^a   Marti, Walter R ^a   Zwahlen, Marcel ^b   Misteli, Heidi ^a   Rosenthal, Rachel ^a   Reck, Stefan ^a   Fueglistaler, Philipp ^a   Bolli, Martin ^a   Trampuz, Andrej ^a   Oertli, Daniel ^a   Widmer, Andreas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFUROXIME; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL WOUND; TIME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFUROXIME; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44449140115     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31816c3fec     Document Type: Article

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