The use of the vancomycin paste for sternal hemostasis and mediastinitis prophylaxis;O uso da vancomicina em pasta na hemostasia do esterno e profilaxia da mediastinite

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 35-39

  De Arruda, Marcus Vinicius Ferraz ^a,c   Braile, Domingo Marcolino ^b,c   Joaquim, Marcos Rogério ^a   Suzuki, Fabio Augusto ^c   Alves, Raquel Helena ^d  

^a Hospital Dos Fornecedores de Cana de Piracicaba (HFC)

^b FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DE SÃO JOSÉ DO RIO PRETO   (Brazil)

^c FAMERP ^*  (Brazil)

^d HFC

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNUM; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMOSTASIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNUM; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 50449097897     PISSN: 01027638     EISSN: 16789741     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0102-76382008000100007     Document Type: Article

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