Postsplenectomy Prophylaxis: A Persistent Failure to Meet Standard?

A retrospective case review of patients that underwent emergency splenectomy or splenic preservation from May 2003 to April 2014 was undertaken at a single center. The results highlight failures in administration of postsplenectomy vaccination for emergency splenectomy patients. In this study, we hi...

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Autores principales: Jones, Alexander David, Khan, Mashuk, Cheshire, James, Bowley, Douglas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2016
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Brief Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5152704/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27975073
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw197
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spelling pubmed-51527042016-12-14 Postsplenectomy Prophylaxis: A Persistent Failure to Meet Standard? Jones, Alexander David Khan, Mashuk Cheshire, James Bowley, Douglas Open Forum Infect Dis Brief Report A retrospective case review of patients that underwent emergency splenectomy or splenic preservation from May 2003 to April 2014 was undertaken at a single center. The results highlight failures in administration of postsplenectomy vaccination for emergency splenectomy patients. In this study, we highlight methods to improve postsplenectomy care. Oxford University Press 2016-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC5152704/ /pubmed/27975073 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofw197 Text en © The Author 2016. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial reproduction and distribution of the work, in any medium, provided the original work is not altered or transformed in any way, and that the work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.
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Postsplenectomy Prophylaxis: A Persistent Failure to Meet Standard?
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title_short Postsplenectomy Prophylaxis: A Persistent Failure to Meet Standard?
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