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Pascal's Wager, infective endocarditis and the "no-lose" philosophy in medicine [PDF]

, 2010
Doctors and dentists have traditionally used antibiotic prophylaxis in certain patient groups in order to prevent infective endocarditis (IE). New guidelines, however, suggest that the risk to patients from using antibiotics is higher than the risk from ...
Conway, D.I., Shaw, D.
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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
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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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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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Prevalence and predictors of postdischarge antibiotic use following mastectomy [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVESurvey results suggest that prolonged administration of prophylactic antibiotics is common after mastectomy with reconstruction. We determined utilization, predictors, and outcomes of postdischarge prophylactic antibiotics after mastectomy with ...
Fraser, Victoria J, Nickel, Katelin B, Olsen, Margaret A, Wallace, Anna E, Warren, David K   +4 more
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Performance of multiparametric prostate magnetic resonance imaging validated by targeted and systematic transperineal biopsies

BJUI Compass, Volume 4, Issue 1, Page 96-103, January 2023., 2023
Abstract Objective To measure the performance of multiparametric (mp) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to identify intraprostatic tumour deposits using a systematic and targeted MR‐guided transperineal prostate biopsy technique. Materials and Methods Patients underwent a combined systematic and targeted MR‐guided transperineal biopsy procedure in the ...
Richard A. Hsi, Tru‐Khang Dinh, Matthew Greer, Carleen Bensen, Marc A. Mitchell, Amy Y. Li, Andrew Stamm, Manfred Henne   +7 more
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Perioperative infection prophylaxis and risk factor impact in colon surgery [PDF]

, 2000
Background: A prospective observational study was undertaken in 2,481 patients undergoing elective colon resection in 114 German centers to identify optimal drug and dosing modalities and risk factors for postoperative infection.
Kohler, L., Kullmann, K. H., Lachmann, A., Mittelkotter, U., Rau, H. G., Zimmermann, A.   +5 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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Cefazolin Prophylaxis for Total Joint Arthroplasty: Obese Patients Are Frequently Underdosed and at Increased Risk of Periprosthetic Joint Infection [PDF]

, 2018
Background One of the most effective prophylactic strategies against periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is administration of perioperative antibiotics. Many orthopedic surgeons are unaware of the weight-based dosing protocol for cefazolin.
Greenky, Max R., Kheir, Michael M., Parvisi, Javad, Rondon, Alexander J., Shohat, Noam, Tan, Timothy L.   +5 more
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