Selective decontamination of the digestive tract may reduce perioperative risk in elective surgery

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7833, 2011, Pages 1096-

  Petros, Andy ^a   Roos, Daphne ^b   Van Saene, Hendrick ^c   Taylor, Nia ^c   Rommes, Hans ^d   Silvestri, Luciano ^e  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d Gelre Hospitals   (Netherlands)

^e Ospedale Civile di Gorizia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTIVE SURGERY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTENSIVE CARE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RECTUM; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURVIVAL; THROAT;

HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 82255181939     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7536     Document Type: Letter

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