Prophylactic antibiotics in acute pancreatitis: endless debate
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Prophylactic antibiotics in acute pancreatitis: endless debate.
INTRODUCTION The development of pancreatic infection is associated with the development of a deteriorating disease with subsequent high morbidity and mortality. There is agreement that in mild pancreatitis there is no need to use antibiotics; in severe pancreatitis it would appear to be a logical choice to use antibiotics to prevent secondary pancreatic infection and decrease associated mortali...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Annals of The Royal College of Surgeons of England
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0035-8843,1478-7083
DOI: 10.1308/rcsann.2016.0355