Timing Is Everything: Recognizing the Importance of Infusion Duration in Preoperative Antimicrobial Prophylaxis

• Glavni autori: Peter Oakes (Autor), Lindsay Donohue (Autor), Sunny Chiao (Autor), Susan Ketcham (Autor), James Terenyi (Autor), Traci Hedrick (Autor), Amy Mathers (Autor)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Cambridge University Press, 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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Background: For preoperative antimicrobials to be most effective in preventing surgical site infection, they must be administered early enough to reach a minimum tissue concentration that is specific to each drug. However, antibiotics have widely ranging infusion durations, from intravenous push ove...