Antibiotic prophylaxis for cardiac surgery in Australia

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 192, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 141-143

  Haydon, Timothy P ^a,b   Presneill, Jeffrey J ^c,d   Robertson, Megan S ^e  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUCLOXACILLIN; GENTAMICIN; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 77952354523     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: 13265377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb03452.x     Document Type: Article

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