National variability and appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis in US children's hospitals

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 170, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 570-576

  Sandora, Thomas J ^a   Fung, Monica ^b   Melvin, Patrice ^a   Graham, Dionne A ^a   Rangel, Shawn J ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; STEROID;

ALLERGIC REACTION; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM APPROPRIATENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; HOSPITAL; PEPTOCLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGERY; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE; UTILIZATION;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CLOSTRIDIUM INFECTIONS; DRUG ERUPTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES;

EID: 84973662255     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2016.0019     Document Type: Article

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