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Antibiotic prophylaxis in otolaryngologic surgery

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2013
Aim: Antibiotic prophylaxis aims to prevent infection of surgical sites before contamination or infection occurs. Prolonged antibiotic prophylaxis does not enhance the prevention of surgical infection and is associated with higher rates of antibiotic ...
Ottoline, Ana Carolina Xavier, Tomita, Shiro, Marques, Marise da Penha Costa, Felix, Felippe, Ferraiolo, Priscila Novaes, Laurindo, Roberta Silveira Santos   +5 more
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The spread of multi drug resistant infections is leading to an increase in the empirical antibiotic treatment failure in cirrhosis: a prospective survey [PDF]

, 2015
Background The spread of multi-resistant infections represents a continuously growing problem in cirrhosis,particularly in patients in contact with the healthcare environment.
Ceccarelli, Giancarlo, Di Gregorio, Vincenza, Falcone, Marco, Farcomeni, Alessio, Giannelli, Valerio, Giusto, Michela, Lattanzi, Barbara, Lucidi, Cristina, Merli, Manuela, Riggio, Oliviero, Venditti, Mario   +10 more
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Composition of the human milk microbiome in the GUSTO cohort is shaped by intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis and breastfeeding exclusivity. [PDF]

mSystems
Stinson LF, Pang WW, Rea A, Fok D, Chua MC, Tan KH, Yap F, Godfrey KM, Shek LP, Eriksson JG, Chong Y-S, Chan S-Y, Wlodek M, Geddes DT.   +13 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Antibacterial prophylaxis of surgical site infections in oral surgery: not only and not always systemic antibiotics [PDF]

, 2015
Antibacterial prophylaxis is a set of treatment measures, including antibiotic prophylaxis, under surgeon’s responsibility. If local measures are always to be applied, antibiotic prophylaxis administration needs a careful case selection in order to avoid
Pippi, Roberto
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Randomized controlled trials of antibiotic prophylaxis in severe acute pancreatitis:Relationship between methodological quality and outcome [PDF]

, 2007
AIM: To evaluate the methodological quality of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in severe acute pancreatitis in relation to outcome.
Besselink, Marc G. H., Buskens, Erik, de Vries, Annemarie C., Gooszen, Hein G., Ridwan, Ben U., Schipper, Maria, van Erpecum, Karel J.   +6 more
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Meta‐analysis of oral antibiotics, in combination with preoperative intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation the day before surgery, compared with intravenous antibiotics and mechanical bowel preparation alone to reduce surgical‐site infections in elective colorectal surgery [PDF]

, 2018
Background: Surgical‐site infection (SSI) is a potentially serious complication following colorectal surgery. The present systematic review and meta‐analysis aimed to investigate the effect of preoperative oral antibiotics and mechanical bowel ...
McMahon, A.J., McSorley, S.T., Steele, C.W.   +2 more
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Continuous low-dose antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent urinary tract infection in adults who perform clean intermittent self-catheterisation: the AnTIC RCT [PDF]

, 2018
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Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed, Armstrong, Heather, Brennand, Catherine, Chadwick, Thomas, Fader, Mandy, Fisher, Holly, Harrison, Simon, Hilton, Paul, Larcombe, James, Little, Paul, McClurg, Doreen, McColl, Elaine, Morris, Nicola, N’Dow, James, Oluboyede, Yemi, Pickard, Robert, Ternent, Laura, Thiruchelvam, Nikesh, Timoney, Anthony, Vale, Luke, von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Alexander, Walker, Kerry, Walton, Katherine, Wilkinson, Jennifer, Wood, Ruth   +24 more
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Patients' request for and emergency physicians' prescription of antimicrobial prophylaxis for anthrax during the 2001 bioterrorism-related outbreak [PDF]

, 2005
BACKGROUND: Inappropriate use of antibiotics by individuals worried about biological agent exposures during bioterrorism events is an important public health concern.
Aber, Robert C, Julian, Kathleen G, Kunselman, Allen R, Lautenbach, Ebbing, M'ikanatha, Nkuchia M, Rankin, James T   +5 more
core   +3 more sources

Adherence to American Society of Health-System Pharmacists Surgical Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guideline in Medical City Teaching Hospitals/Baghdad

Iraqi Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2017
Surgical site infections are the second most common type of adverse events occurring in hospitalized patients. Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis refers to the use of preoperative and postoperative antibiotics to decrease the incidence of postoperative ...
Nagham T. Salih, Dheyaa J. Kadhim
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Cost-effectiveness of antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean section

Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2018
Background The proportion of pregnant women delivered by cesarean section has increased steadily during the past three decades. The risk of infection is 10-fold augmented after elective cesarean section compared to vaginal delivery.
Markus H. Jansson, Yang Cao, Kerstin Nilsson, Per-Göran Larsson, Lars Hagberg   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source