Preventive antibiotics in acute stroke: Summary of a cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis

Stroke

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Westendorp, Willeke F ^a   Vermeij, Jan Dirk ^a   Vermeij, Frederique ^b   Hertog, Heleen M Den ^c   Dippel, Diederik W J ^c   Van De Beek, Diederik ^a   Nederkoorn, Paul J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b SINT FRANCISCUS GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

antibiotics; functional recovery; infectious disease; prevention; stroke care

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84868204998     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.112.671420     Document Type: Review

References (1)

1. Westendorp WF, Vermeij JD, Vermeij FH, Den Hertog HM, Dippel DW, van de Beek D, et al. Antibiotic therapy for preventing infections in patients with acute stroke. Cochrane Database System Rev. 2012;1:CDCD008530.