Topical vancomycin in combination with perioperative antibiotics and tight glycemic control helps to eliminate sternal wound infections

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1035-1040

  Lazar, Harold L ^a   Ketchedjian, Ara ^a   Haime, Miguel ^a   Karlson, Karl ^a   Cabral, Howard ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; GLUCOSE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INSULIN INFUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNAL WOUND INFECTION; STERNUM; WOUND INFECTION;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEFAZOLIN; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84908541938     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2014.06.045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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