Averting Postsurgical Infections In Kids: Give Antibiotics Within Hour Before First Incision, Study Suggests

Monday, July 21, 2008 - 19:28 in Health & Medicine

Giving children preventive antibiotics within one hour before they undergo spinal surgery greatly reduces the risk for serious infections after the surgery, suggests a study to be published in the Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.

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