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J Clin Pharm Ther
; 16(1): 19-24, 1991 Feb.
Artigo
em Inglês
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2026666
RESUMO
A survey has shown that peri-operative antibiotic therapy was inappropriate in 83% of patients undergoing abdominal or arterial surgery. Missed doses at induction or postoperatively, a questionable choice of antibiotics and unnecessarily long postoperative courses were major problems. The introduction of formal guidelines was partially successful with appropriate prescribing improving from 17 to 60% of cases. There was, in addition, a marked reduction in prescribing costs.