Preoperative preventive antimicrobial therapy
Neibart, E.
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine new York 58(1): 19-27
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-2507 PMID: 2023584 Document Number: 374949
Prophylactic antibiotics play a significant role in the management of the modern surgical patient. Guidelines for their use have been presented. Marked variations in nosocomial pathogens and their resistance patterns exist among institutions and surgical procedures are frequently far from routine owing to a variety of perioperative circumstances. A willingness to monitor and alter protocols based on local observations and newly published data remains imperative.