Perioperative Antibiotic Use in Pediatric Solid Tumor Resection: A Two-center Retrospective Cohort Study
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Huma Faiz Halepota, Emily Zeng, Suraj Sarvode Mothi, Tarek M. Zaghloul, Daniel B. Gehle, Ijeoma Nwachukwu, Mary Beth Houston, Matthew Joseph Lynn, Emile Crouzen, Bhanumathi Lakshminarayanan, Andrew Jackson Murphy
Topic overview
There is no consensus on the perioperative use of antibiotics in pediatric solid tumor resection. This study collected data from two pediatric centers that utilize perioperative antibiotics to varying degrees in pediatric solid tumor patients to investigate the occurrence of postoperative sepsis and infectious complications.
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