Are current prophylactic antibiotic dosing regimens in pediatric cardiac surgery sufficient to prevent surgical-site infections?

Ann Card Anaesth

Department of Anaesthesiology, Singapore General Hospital; Department of Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia, National Heart Centre, Singapore.

Published: May 2021

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