Perioperative antibiotics and practice: little things that make a big difference.
Perioperative antibiotic administration and anesthetic practice have major impacts on infectious complications. Anesthesiologists need to place high importance on perioperative antibiotic administration to allow patients to receive optimal benefit from this therapy and to minimize risk. Many aspects of perioperative care ranging from thermoregulation to glycemic control may have profound longterm affects on infection rate and thereby patient outcome.
Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Mark T
MT
Keegan
Daniel R
DR
Brown
D000758:Anesthesia; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000009:adverse effects; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents