GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH AN ABSENT OR DYSFUNCTIONAL SPLEEN

Authors
CAVILL I BADDELEY PG BARNES RA FINN AHR HANN IM KELLY SJ LEESE J LORTAN JE SPENCER J SUMMERFIELD GP WHITTAKER JA
Citation
I. Cavill et al., GUIDELINES FOR THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF INFECTION IN PATIENTS WITH AN ABSENT OR DYSFUNCTIONAL SPLEEN, BMJ. British medical journal, 312(7028), 1996, pp. 430-434
Citations number
53
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
BMJ. British medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09598138
Volume
312
Issue
7028
Year of publication
1996
Pages
430 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0959-8138(1996)312:7028<430:GFTPAT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
Overwhelming postsplenectomy infection should be preventable if simple precautions are taken. An ad hoc working party of the British Committ ee for Standards in Haematology has reviewed recommendations for patie nts without a spleen and drawn up a consensus. Members of the working party were selected for their personal expertise and to represent rele vant professional bodies. The guidelines, which are set out below, inc lude and extend the chief medical officer's 1994 update.