title: Perioperative antibiotics in thoracic surgery.
abstract: No official guidelines exist for perioperative antibiotic use in noncardiac thoracic surgery. Despite some conflicting data and few randomized clinical trials there exists strong evidence supporting the use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in pulmonary resection. This article discusses the evidence-based indications for antibiotic prophylaxis after lung resection, esophageal surgery, and lung transplantation.
authors: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, 660 South Euclid, Campus Box 8234, St Louis, MO 63110-1013, USA.
authors: Stephanie H
authors: SH
authors: Chang
authors: Alexander S
authors: AS
authors: Krupnick
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents