Perioperative Antibiotic Prophylaxis: Single and 24-Hour Antibiotic Dosages are Equally Effective at Preventing Periprosthetic Joint Infection in Total Joint Arthroplasty

Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is used to prevent surgical site infection and periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) after total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Secondary to a national shortage of cefazolin, patients at our institution began receiving a single preoperative prophylactic antibiotic dose...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Journal of arthroplasty 2021-07, Vol.36 (7), p.S308-S313
Hauptverfasser:	Christensen, David D., Moschetti, Wayne E., Brown, Marcel G., Lucas, Adriana P., Jevsevar, David S., Fillingham, Yale A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	acute post-operative complications antibiotic stewardship primary total joint arthroplasty prosthetic joint infection single-dose antibiotic prophylaxis
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