Continuous Intraoperative Cefazolin Infusion May Reduce Surgical Site Infections during Cardiac Surgical Procedures: A Propensity-Matched Analysis

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1582-1587

  Trent Magruder, J ^a   Grimm, Joshua C ^a   Dungan, Samuel P ^a   Shah, Ashish S ^a   Crow, Jessica R ^a   Shoulders, Bethany R ^a   Lester, Laeben ^a   Barodka, Viachaslau ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac surgical procedures; cefazolin; mediastinitis; perioperative care; postoperative wound infections; sternum

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART VALVE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL PATIENT; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; ADVERSE EFFECTS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PEROPERATIVE CARE; PROCEDURES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MALE; PROPENSITY SCORE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84983133890     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2015.03.026     Document Type: Article

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