Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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4253240 | Cirugía Española | 2009 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
Despite the advances in surgical techniques and anaesthesia, there are still a significant number of postoperative complications in surgery, the most common being, surgical wound infections, sepsis, respiratory and cardiovascular complications, and thromboembolic events. All of these complications increase hospital stay, health costs and mortality. Different pharmacological perioperative strategies have been employed to reduce their incidence, but these have varied widely between hospitals, and even among professionals in the same hospital. In this article we review the recommendations of clinical practice guidelines on the medication routinely used in this situation, such as antibiotics, antithrombotics, analgesics and antiemetics.
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Authors
Matilde Cháfer Rudilla, J. Pablo DomÃnguez RodrÃguez, Ana Reyes Santana, Marta Gorchs Molist, MarÃa de los Ángeles Ocaña Gómez, José Antonio MartÃn Conde, Javier Merino Alonso,