Initiating a Practice Change: Prescribing Probiotics in Surgical Patients

Autor: Dr. Ashutosh Talwar, Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Dr. Nitin Nagpal
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: SAS Journal of Surgery. 8:613-618
ISSN: 2454-5104
DOI: 10.36347/sasjs.2022.v08i10.001
Popis: Background: The intestinal microflora is thought to be the origin for many infectious complications seen in surgical conditions, due to dysfunction of the intestinal barrier and bacterial translocation. Probiotics may produce beneficial effects on the intestinal barrier function and help reduce the incidence of infectious complications in this group of patients.
Databáze: OpenAIRE