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Use of prophylactic antibiotic in preventing complications for blunt and penetrating chest trauma requiring chest drain insertion: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Chest drain insertion after chest trauma is often associated with high rate of complications. The use of prophylactic antibiotics in patients with blunt and penetrating chest trauma to prevent empyema and pneumonia after chest drain insertion has been debated. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the e...

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Autores principales: Ayoub, Firas, Quirke, Michael, Frith, Daniel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6407548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30899791
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2018-000246