Cost and usage patterns of antibiotics in a tertiary care neurosurgical unit

Cost and usage patterns of antibiotics in a tertiary care neurosurgical unit

Objectives The routine use of prophylactic antibiotics in neurosurgery has been shown to significantly reduce surgical site infection rates. The documentation of non-surgical site, nosocomial infections in neurosurgical patients remains limited, despite this being a stimulus for prolific antibiotic...

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Main Authors: Manish Singh Sharma, Ashish Suri, Sarat P. Chandra, Shashank S. Kale, Arti Kapil, Bhawani S. Sharma, Ashok K. Mahapatra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical Publishers, Inc. 2012-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Neurosurgery
Subjects:
antibiotics
cost effectiveness
ethics
neurosurgery
nosocomial infection
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/2277-9167.94370

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