Open AccessTreatment of postoperative infectious complications in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Author(s) -
Baochi Liu,
Lei Zhang,
Su Jing,
Andy Tsun,
Bin Li
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
world journal of emergency medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1920-8642
DOI - 10.5847/wjem.j.issn.1920-8642.2014.02.004
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , sepsis , pneumonia , antibiotics , retrospective cohort study , surgery , anemia , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Antibiotics are widely given for surgical patients to prevent infection. Because of the lack of study on the rational use of antibiotics in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) -infected during surgical procedures, we analyzed the risk factors affecting postoperative infectious complications in HlV-infected patients and explore the rational use of perioperative antibiotics.