Early clinical outcomes of two regimens of prophylactic antibiotics in cardiac surgical patients with delayed sternal closure
Prophylactic broad-spectrum antibiotics did not improve clinical outcomes in patients with DSC post-cardiac surgery but was associated with longer ventilation duration, length of ICU and hospital stays <i>vs</i> narrow-spectrum antibiotics.
Authors
- Cornelia S Carr (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0247-220X)
- Amr Salah Omar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8560-2745)
- Danial Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6123-9854)
- Rasha Kaddoura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2613-9759)
- Samy Hanoura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2353-3419)
- Yasser Shouman
- Mahmoud Ismail Allam Eissa
- Abdulwahid Almulla (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2186-388X)
Institutions
- Beni-Suef University (EG)
- Harvard University (US)
- Al-Azhar University (EG)
- Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar (QA)
- Hamad Medical Corporation (QA)
- Qatar University (QA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- World Journal of Critical Care Medicine
- Published
- 2024-08-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5492/wjccm.v13.i3.92658
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Surgical site infection prevention
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.15