Open AccessAssociation of Duration and Type of Surgical Prophylaxis With Antimicrobial-Associated Adverse Events
Author(s) -
Westyn BranchElliman,
William J. O’Brien,
Judith Strymish,
Kamal Itani,
Christina Wyatt,
Kalpana Gupta
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.757
H-Index - 176
eISSN - 2168-6262
pISSN - 2168-6254
DOI - 10.1001/jamasurg.2019.0569
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , antibiotic prophylaxis , acute kidney injury , clostridium difficile , retrospective cohort study , veterans affairs , cohort , surgical wound , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The benefits of antimicrobial prophylaxis are limited to the first 24 hours postoperatively. Little is known about the harms associated with continuing antimicrobial prophylaxis after skin closure.
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