Administration of intravenous antibiotics in patients with open fractures is dependent on emergency room triaging.

Administration of intravenous antibiotics in patients with open fractures is dependent on emergency room triaging.

BACKGROUND:Recent literature has demonstrated that emergent administration of antibiotics is perhaps more critical than even emergent debridement. Most recent studies recommend patients receive antibiotics no later than 1 hour after injury to prevent infection. The objective of this study is to eval...

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Main Authors: Katharine D Harper, Courtney Quinn, Joshua Eccles, Frederick Ramsey, Saqib Rehman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6091925?pdf=render

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