Presumptive antibiotic use in tube thoracostomy for traumatic hemopneumothorax
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Preventive antibiotic usage in traumatic thoracic injuries requiring closed tube thoracostomy.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of antibiotics in reducing the infectious complications following closed tube thoracostomy for isolated chest trauma. DESIGN Double-blind, randomized clinical trial. SETTING Medical school affiliated large urban teaching hospital and trauma center. PATIENTS One hundred nineteen of 159 patients over 18 years old presenting to the emergency...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2163-0755
DOI: 10.1097/ta.0b013e31827018c7