Left Ventricular Assist Device: Review of Antimicrobial Prophylaxis Strategies and Incidence of Infections at a Tertiary Care Center 12-Year Experience

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have an associated infection rate of 13%–80% postimplant. An optimal strategy for surgical infection prophylaxis (SIP) at the time of implantation has not been well defined. We aimed to evaluate the different LVAD implantation antibiotic prophylaxis...

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Autores principales: Mendoza, Maria Alejandra, Ranganath, Nischal, Garcia, Bismarck Bisono, Stevens, Ryan W, Lahr, Brian, O’Horo, John, Stulak, John, Shah, Aditya
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10508979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37732167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad465

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10508979/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37732167
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofad465

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