Compliance with the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma guidelines for prophylactic antibiotics after open extremity fracture | Zendy

CassieA Barton | Zendy; WesleyD McMillian | Zendy; BruceA Crookes | Zendy; Turner Osler | Zendy; CraigS Bartlett | Zendy

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Compliance with the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma guidelines for prophylactic antibiotics after open extremity fracture

Author(s) -

CassieA Barton,

WesleyD McMillian,

BruceA Crookes,

Turner Osler,

CraigS Bartlett

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

international journal of critical illness and injury science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 2231-5004

pISSN - 2229-5151

DOI - 10.4103/2229-5151.97268

Subject(s) - medicine , open fracture , prophylactic antibiotic , prophylactic treatment , compliance (psychology) , antibiotics , surgery , antibiotic prophylaxis , orthopedic surgery , biology , psychology , social psychology , microbiology and biotechnology

Prophylactic antibiotics, paired with wound care and surgical intervention, is considered the standard of care for patients with open fracture. Guidelines from the Eastern Association for the Surgery of Trauma (EAST) recommend specific prophylactic antimicrobial therapy based on the type of open fracture.

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