Duration of antibiotic treatment in surgical infections of the abdomen. The future: randomised prospective studies.
The important questions are: what is the most efficient, least costly, and least hazardous way of providing antimicrobial therapy to postoperative patients? These questions, and the answers, are integral to the practice of medicine. I discuss a few pitfalls associated with antibiotic studies and suggest potential solutions. I urge doctors interested in these problems to focus on establishing the hospital systems needed to provide continuous feedback, rather than sporadic information driven by collegial requests.
Solomkin
J S
JS
Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 4526-0558 , USA. joseph.solomkin@uc.edu
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D011446:Prospective Studies; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents