Antibiotics in head and neck surgery in the setting of malnutrition, tracheotomy, and diabetes

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-553

  Sepehr, Ali ^a   Santos, Barbara Jean Gutierrez ^a   Chou, Chinsui ^a   Karimi, Koohyar ^b   Devcic, Zlatko ^b   Oels, Stefanie ^b   Armstrong, William B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic prophylaxis; Clean contaminated head and neck cancer surgery; Diabetes; Malnutrition; Postsurgical wound infection; Tracheotomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOSAGE SCHEDULE COMPARISON; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LARYNGECTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SURGERY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SURGICAL PATIENT; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT DURATION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64849099004     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20078     Document Type: Article

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