Is it time to refine? An exploration and simulation of optimal antibiotic timing in general surgery

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 628-635

  Koch, Colleen G ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Hixson, Eric ^a   Tang, Anne ^a   Gordon, Steve ^a   Longworth, David ^a   Phillips, Shannon ^a   Blackstone, Eugene ^a   Henderson, J Michael ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY PATIENT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; INFECTIOUS COMPLICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIMARY INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; SEPSIS; SKIN INCISION; SMOKING; STEROID THERAPY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84884533389     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: 18791190     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2013.05.024     Document Type: Article

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