Risk of surgical site infection and efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis: A cohort study of appendectomy patients in Thailand

• المؤلفون الرئيسيون: Nongyao Kasatpibal, Mette Nørgaard, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Henrik Carl Schønheyder, Silom Jamulitrat, Virasakdi Chongsuvivatwong
• التنسيق: دورية
• منشور في: 2018
• الموضوعات: Medicine
• الوصول للمادة أونلاين: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=33748051701&origin=inward; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/61851

Background: No data currently exist about use of antibiotics to prevent surgical site infections (SSI) among patients undergoing appendectomy in Thailand. We therefore examined risk factors, use, and efficacy of prophylactic antibiotics for surgical site infection SSI among patients with uncomplicat...