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. +6 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 +10 more
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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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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. +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 Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Abdel-Fattah, Mohamed +24 more
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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 +4 more
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Acta Dermato-Venereologica, 2023 The use of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in cutaneous surgery is controversial due to unclear efficacy and, thus, potentially unnecessary side-effects.
Benjamin Kendziora +4 more
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Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis in an Australian burns unit
Australasian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2022 **Background** Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is perceived to reduce intraoperative bacteraemia and prevent surgical site infections, however, the evidence for its use in burns surgery is limited.
Patrick Lu +3 more
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Do or Don’t: Results of a Multinational Survey on Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Urodynamics
Antibiotics, 2023 Antibiotic prophylaxis contributes substantially to the increase in antibiotic resistance rates worldwide. This investigation aims to assess the current standard of practice in using antibiotic prophylaxis for urodynamics (UDS) and identify barriers to ...
Fabian P. Stangl +11 more
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