Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience
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Antibiotic prophylaxis for oral lacerations: our emergency department’s experience
BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to examine the emergency physician (EP) practice of prescribing prophylactic antibiotics for patients with oral lacerations. A secondary outcome measure was the infection rate of those who were or were not prescribed antibiotics. METHODS The study was a retrospective chart review of 323 patients who presented to a large urban emergency department (ED) ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Emergency Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1865-1372,1865-1380
DOI: 10.1186/s12245-016-0122-7