Click here to access the STS Practice Guideline Series: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cardiac Surgery, Part I: Duration (Adobe PDF file)
A Report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Evidence Based Surgery; Fred H. Edwards, MD, Richard M. Engelman, MD, Peter Houck, MD, David M. Shahian, MD and Charles R. Bridges, MD. Copyright 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
Click here to access the STS Practice Guideline Series: Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Cardiac Surgery, Part II: Antibiotic Choice (Adobe PDF file)
A Report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Evidence Based Medicine, Richard Engelman, MD, David Shahian, MD, Richard Shemin, MD, T. Sloane Guy, MD, Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, Fred Edwards, MD, Marshall Jacobs, MD, Hiran Fernando, MD, Charles Bridges, MD, ScD. Copyright 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
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