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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, Dane Holden, Alex Padiglione, Heather Cleland   +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, Laila Schneidewind, Florian M. Wagenlehner, Daniela Schultz-Lampel, Kaven Baeßler, Gert Naumann, Sandra Schönburg, Petra Anheuser, Susanne Winkelhog-Gran, Matthias Saar, Tanja Hüsch, Jennifer Kranz   +11 more
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis of Surgical Site Infections in Cutaneous Surgery: A Prospective Observational Study

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, Kathrin Patzer, Lars E. French, Justin G. Schlager, Daniela Hartmann   +4 more
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Adherence to guidelines for surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: a review

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2015
Context and objectives: The appropriate use of antibiotic prophylaxis in the perioperative period may reduce the rate of infection in the surgical site.
Marise Gouvêa, Cristiane de Oliveira Novaes, Daniele Masterson Tavares Pereira, Antonio Carlos Iglesias   +3 more
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Variation in practice for preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis: a survey from an academic tertiary referral center in the United States

Patient Safety in Surgery, 2021
Background Antibiotic surgical prophylaxis is a core strategy for prevention of surgical site infections (SSI). Despite best practice guidelines and known efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in decreasing SSI risk, there is often wide variation in its use.
Nikhil Ailaney, Elizabeth Zielinski, Michelle Doll, Gonzalo M. Bearman, Stephen L. Kates, Gregory J. Golladay   +5 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis is associated with subsequent resistant infections in children with an initial extended-spectrum-cephalosporin-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infection [PDF]

, 2017
The objective of this study was to assess the association between previous antibiotic use, particularly long-term prophylaxis, and the occurrence of subsequent resistant infections in children with index infections due to extended-spectrum-cephalosporin ...
Adler, Amanda L, Burnham, Carey-Ann D, Das, Sibani, Elward, Alexis, Kronman, Matthew P, Miles-Jay, Arianna, Newland, Jason G, Qin, Xuan, Selvarangan, Rangaraj, Sullivan, Kaede V, Weissman, Scott J, Zaoutis, Theoklis, Zerr, Danielle M   +12 more
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in the surgical management of miscarriage in low-income countries: a cost-effectiveness analysis of the AIMS trial

The Lancet Global Health, 2019
Summary: Background: There is ongoing debate on the clinical benefits of antibiotic prophylaxis for reducing pelvic infection after miscarriage surgery.
Ilias Goranitis, PhD, David M Lissauer, PhD, Arri Coomarasamy, PhD, Amie Wilson, PhD, Jane Daniels, PhD, Lee Middleton, MSc, Jonathan Bishop, PhD, Catherine A Hewitt, MSc, Andrew D Weeks, PhD, Chisale Mhango, FRCOG, Ronald Mataya, MD, Iffat Ahmed, FCPS, Olufemi T Oladapo, FWACS, Javier Zamora, PhD, Tracy E Roberts, ProfPhD   +14 more
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Prophylaxis and antibiotic therapy in management protocols of patients treated with oral and intravenous bisphosphonates [PDF]

, 2017
Osteonecrosis of the jaw (MRONJ) linked to bisphosphonate treatment has specific characteristics that render its therapeutic management challenging for clinicians.
Bermúdez Bejarano, Elena Beatriz, Castillo de Oyagüe, Raquel, Gutiérrez Corrales, Aida, Gutiérrez Pérez, José Luis, Romero Ruiz, Manuel María, Serrera Figallo, María Angeles, Torres Lagares, Daniel   +6 more
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Topical Antibiotic Prophylaxis and Intravitreal Injections: Impact on the Incidence of Acute Endophthalmitis—A Nationwide Study in France from 2009 to 2018

Pharmaceutics, 2022
Background: The dramatic increase in intravitreal injections (IVTs) has been accompanied by a greater need for safer procedures. The ongoing debate about topical antibiotic prophylaxis after IVTs emphasizes the importance of large-scale studies. We aimed
Florian Baudin, Eric Benzenine, Anne-Sophie Mariet, Inès Ben Ghezala, Alain M. Bron, Vincent Daien, Pierre-Henry Gabrielle, Catherine Quantin, Catherine Creuzot-Garcher   +8 more
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Assessment of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital.

Revista do Colégio Brasileiro de Cirurgiões
Objective : to evaluate the antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical patients at the Gaffrée e Guinle University Hospital - HUGG. Methods : we conducted a rospective study of a cohort of 256 patients undergoing elective operations between January and ...
MARISE GOUVÊA, CRISTIANE DE OLIVEIRA NOVAES, ANTONIO CARLOS IGLESIAS   +2 more
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