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Antibiotic prophylaxis for surgical procedures: a scoping review [PDF]

Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 2021
Objectives. To map the current evidence on surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) administration and identify knowledge gaps in the literature available in this field. Methods. The PubMed, Cochrane Library, Epistemonikos, and Health Systems Evidence databases were searched from January 2015 to March 2020 for systematic reviews published in English ...
Brocard, Eva, Reveiz, Ludovic, Régnaux, Jean-Philippe, Abdala, Veronica, Ramón-Pardo, Pilar, del Rio Bueno, Ana   +5 more
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Evidence update on prevention of surgical site infection [PDF]

, 2015
Purpose of review: surgical site infection (SSI) is a common health care associated infection and complicates up to 10-20% of operations with considerable health care resources.
Leaper, David J., Ousey, Karen, Leaper, David   +2 more
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Interventional studies for preventing surgical site infections in sub-Saharan Africa - A systematic review. [PDF]

, 2012
BACKGROUND: There is a great need for safe surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa, but a major difficulty of performing surgery in this region is the high risk of post-operative surgical site infection (SSI).
David M. Karuri, Aiken, Alexander M, Karuri, David M, Karuri, David M., Jana Macleod, Macleod, Jana, Anthony K. Wanyoro, Wanyoro, Anthony K., Aiken, Alexander M., Alexander M. Aiken, Wanyoro, Anthony K   +10 more
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Effect of postoperative continuation of antibiotic prophylaxis on the incidence of surgical site infection:a systematic review and meta-analysis [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Antibiotic prophylaxis is frequently continued for 1 day or more after surgery to prevent surgical site infection. Continuing antibiotic prophylaxis after an operation might have no advantage compared with its immediate discontinuation, and ...
Allegranzi, Benedetta, Egger, Matthias, Salanti, Georgia, Boldingh, Quirine J. J., de Jonge, Stijn W, Boermeester, Marja A, de Jonge, Stijn W., Solomkin, Joseph S, Boermeester, Marja A., Solomkin, Joseph S., Dellinger, E Patchen, Dellinger, E. Patchen, Boldingh, Quirine J J   +12 more
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Antibiotic use in spine surgery: A narrative review based in principles of antibiotic stewardship

North American Spine Society Journal, 2023
Background: A growing emphasis on antibiotic stewardship has led to extensive literature regarding antibiotic use in spine surgery for surgical prophylaxis and the treatment of spinal infections.
Fatima N. Anwar, BA, Andrea M. Roca, MS, Ishan Khosla, BS, Srinath S. Medakkar, BS, Alexandra C. Loya, BS, Vincent P. Federico, MD, Dustin H. Massel, MD, Arash J. Sayari, MD, Gregory D. Lopez, MD, Kern Singh, MD   +9 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.
Rau, H. G., Zimmermann, A., Lachmann, A., Kohler, L., Mittelkotter, U., Kullmann, K. H.   +5 more
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The effect of high dose antibiotic impregnated cement on rate of surgical site infection after hip hemiarthroplasty for fractured neck of femur : a protocol for a double-blind quasi randomised controlled trial [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Mortality following hip hemiarthroplasty is in the range of 10-40% in the first year, with much attributed to post-operative complications.
Reed, Mike R., Jones, Simon M. G., Parsons, Nicholas R., Andrew P Sprowson, Dominic Inman, Inman, Dominic, Cyrus D Jensen, Nick Parsons, Murty, Aradhyula N., Gupta, Sanjay (Researcher in medicine), Sanjay Gupta, Mike R Reed, Jensen, Cyrus D., Aradhyula N Murty, Sprowson, Andrew P., Simon MG Jones   +15 more
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Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Abdominal Surgery for Neonates and Paediatrics: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study [PDF]

, 2022
Surgical site infections (SSIs), i.e., surgery-related infections that occur within 30 days after surgery without an implant and within one year if an implant is placed, complicate surgical procedures in up to 10% of cases, but an underestimation of the ...
Mario Giuffrè, Sara Monaco, Giorgio Piacentini, Lancella, Laura, Bianchini, Sonia, Pietrasanta, Carlo, Annamaria Staiano, Venturini, Elisabetta, Monaco, Sara, Lima, Mario, Simonetta Tesoro, Castagnola, Elio, Tesoro, Simonetta, Nicoletti, Laura, Sonia Bianchini, La Grutta, Stefania, Piacentini, Giorgio, Andrea Lo Vecchio, Elio Castagnola, Principi, Nicola, Cinzia Auriti, Galli, Luisa, Esposito, Susanna, Stefania La Grutta, Luisa Galli, Auriti, Cinzia, Laura Lancella, Nicola Principi, Maglietta, Giuseppe, Mario Lima, the Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Neonatal and Paediatric Age (POP-NeoPed) Study Group, Rigotti, Erika, Staiano, Annamaria, The Peri-Operative Prophylaxis In Neonatal And Paediatric Age Pop-NeoPed Study Group, null, Susanna Esposito, Conti, Giorgio, Giuseppe Maglietta, the Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Neonatal and Paediatric Age (POP-NeoPed) Study Group the Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Neonatal and Paediatric Age (POP-NeoPed) Study Group, Laura Nicoletti, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Elisabetta Venturini, Erika Rigotti, Giorgio Conti, Petrosillo, Nicola, Giuffrè, Mario, Nicola Petrosillo, Carlo Pietrasanta   +46 more
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Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
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Serum bile acids as a prognostic biomarker in biliary atresia following Kasai portoenterostomy

Hepatology, EarlyView., 2022
Serum bile acid levels predict outcomes in patients with biliary atresia who achieve normalized bilirubin levels after Kasai portoenterostomy. Abstract Background and Aims In biliary atresia, serum bilirubin is commonly used to predict outcomes after Kasai portoenterostomy (KP).
Sanjiv Harpavat, Kieran Hawthorne, Kenneth D. R. Setchell, Monica Narvaez Rivas, Lisa Henn, Charlotte A. Beil, Saul J. Karpen, Vicky L. Ng, Estella M. Alonso, Jorge A. Bezerra, Stephen L. Guthery, Simon Horslen, Kathy M. Loomes, Patrick McKiernan, John C. Magee, Robert M. Merion, Jean P. Molleston, Philip Rosenthal, Richard J. Thompson, Kasper S. Wang, Ronald J. Sokol, Benjamin L. Shneider, for Childhood Liver Disease Research Network (ChiLDReN)   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source