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1582. Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis Needed for All Acute Variceal Bleeds in Decompensated Cirrhosis? A Retrospective Pilot Study
BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend empiric antibiotic prophylaxis for acute variceal bleeding, but no studies compare the outcomes between those treated with guideline recommended duration and those not treated (low suspicion) or treatment duration truncated (negative work up). We hypothesized that ou...
Autores principales: | Thyssen, Emil, Hensel, Drew, Nolan, Nathanial, Whitt, Stevan, Regunath, Hariharan |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2018
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253076/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1410 |
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