New expert guidance for the prevention of surgical-site infections (SSIs) recommends that antibiotic prophylaxis (prevention) be discontinued when a patient's incision is closed. SSIs occur in an ...
Objective The use of antibiotic prophylaxis (AP) for prevention of infective endocarditis (IE) is controversial. In recent years, guidelines to cardiologists and dentists have advised restriction of ...
For patients who had already agreed to undergo PCNL, we plan to randomize them either to 1 week of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis plus 24 hours of perioperative IV antibiotics or to 24 hours of ...
The American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) updated its clinical practice guidelines for managing hepatitis B ...
Intermittent intravenous infusion ... with appropriate pre-operative measures including appropriate prophylactic antibiotics, adequate control of hyperglycemia and utilization of more laparoscopic ...
There was also a reduction in the requirement for intravenous antibiotics from a mean of 0.08 courses per month to 0.003 courses per month (p<0.001). Subgroup analysis of patients with P aeruginosa ...
Background Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis (SAP) is one of the most effective measures ... and delivery of the antimicrobial agent to the operative site through intravenous administration within ...
The prophylactic use of antibiotics has become a routine procedure in many areas of medicine. In neurosurgery, however, there is considerable debate over their use in the prevention of postoperative ...