Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Plastic Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study

• Main Authors: Susanna Esposito (Author), Rossella Sgarzani (Author), Sonia Bianchini (Author), Sara Monaco (Author), Laura Nicoletti (Author), Erika Rigotti (Author), Marilia Di Pietro (Author), Roberta Opri (Author), Caterina Caminiti (Author), Matilde Ciccia (Author), Giorgio Conti (Author), Daniele Donà (Author), Mario Giuffré (Author), Stefania La Grutta (Author), Laura Lancella (Author), Mario Lima (Author), Andrea Lo Vecchio (Author), Gloria Pelizzo (Author), Giorgio Piacentini (Author), Carlo Pietrasanta (Author), Matteo Puntoni (Author), Alessandro Simonini (Author), Elisabetta Venturini (Author), Annamaria Staiano (Author), Nicola Principi (Author), on behalf of the Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Neonatal and Paediatric Age (POP-NeoPed) (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: MDPI AG, 2022-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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For many years, it was clearly shown that surgical procedures might be associated with surgical site infection (SSI). Many scientific institutions prepared guidelines to use in surgery to reduce abuse and misuse of antibiotics. However, in the general guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis,...