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Presumptive antibiotics in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax: a prospective, Multicenter American Association for the Surgery of Trauma Study

BACKGROUND: Thoracic injuries are common in trauma. Approximately one-third will develop a pneumothorax, hemothorax, or hemopneumothorax (HPTX), usually with concomitant rib fractures. Tube thoracostomy (TT) is the standard of care for these conditions, though TTs expose the patient to the risk of i...

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Autores principales: Cook, Alan, Hu, Chengcheng, Ward, Jeanette, Schultz, Susan, Moore III, Forrest O'Dell, Funk, Geoffrey, Juern, Jeremy, Turay, David, Ahmad, Salman, Pieri, Paola, Allen, Steven, Berne, John
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/PMC6861092/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31799417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/tsaco-2019-000356