Perioperative antibiotics: when, why?
The use of prophylactic antibiotics in general thoracic surgery is well established. This article explains the rationale for modern-day surgical wound infection prophylaxis, the why and the when. Various arguments about the use of antibiotics to prevent empyema and pneumonia after a thoracic operation also are presented.
Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA. allen.mark@mayo.edu
Mark S
MS
Allen
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D004653:Empyema / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care; D018410:Pneumonia, Bacterial / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000009:adverse effects; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents