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Does prophylactic cephalosporin reduce postoperative infections in patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery?
Does prophylactic cephalosporin reduce postoperative infections in patients undergoing noncardiac thoracic surgery?
Prophylactic cephalosporins did not reduce postoperative infections in noncardiac thoracic surgery and were associated with increased adverse effects such as drug fever, phlebitis, and abnormal renal function.
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Prophylactic cephalosporins should not be used in noncardiac thoracic surgery; challenges routine perioperative practice amid added harms.
Richard A. Truesdale (1979) studied this question.
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