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Survey of antibiotic prophylaxis in cardiac surgery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2005

J. J. Lehot ,
S. Helou  and
O. Bastien
J. J. Lehot
Affiliation:
Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France
S. Helou
Affiliation:
Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation, Hôpital Cardiovasculaire et Pneumologique Louis Pradel, Lyon, France
O. Bastien
Affiliation:
Équipe d'Accueil 1896, Faculté Rockefeller, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, Lyon, France
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European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 20 , Issue 2 , February 2003 , pp. 166 - 167
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2003 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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