Impact of narrowing perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis for left ventricular assist device implantation.

Lauren Allen Rachel M BartashGrace Y MinamotoKelsie CowmanSnehal R PatelSasa VukelicDaryl U NnaniDaphenie FauvelYi Guo

Published in: Transplant infectious disease : an official journal of the Transplantation Society (2022)

No significant difference in LVAD-associated infections or infection-related mortality was observed with de-escalation of perioperative antibiotics. Additional studies with larger sample sizes are needed to endorse the findings of this study.

Keyphrases

left ventricular assist device
cardiac surgery
patients undergoing
cardiovascular events
randomized controlled trial
open label
acute kidney injury
risk factors
coronary artery disease
drug induced
study protocol