Meningitis or epidural abscesses after neuraxial block for removal of infected hip or knee prostheses

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 485-490

  Gritsenko, K ^a,b   Marcello, D ^a   Liguori, G A ^a   Jules Elysee K ^a   Memtsoudis, S G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

epidural abscess; meningitis bacterial; neuraxial anaesthesia complications; postoperative complications; prosthesis related infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STEROID;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BACTEREMIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM INFECTION; COMORBIDITY; DEVICE REMOVAL; EPIDURAL ABSCESS; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; INCIDENCE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; INFLAMMATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGITIS; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PSOAS ABSCESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STEROID THERAPY; SYMPTOM; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

EID: 84857325136     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aer416     Document Type: Article

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