antimicrobial prophylaxis
Appropriate use of antimicrobial prophylaxis: an observational study in 21 surgical wards
... areas: antimicrobial prophylaxis continuation (22.5 %) or antimicrobial ther- apy retake (25 %) after the intervention in urologic sur- gery, intra-operatory dose omission in general surgery ...
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis in open lower extremity fractures
... for antimicrobial prophylaxis, and what is the optimal timing and duration of administration? Results: For Grade I and II open fractures, a first-generation cephalosporin (eg, cefazolin) should be ...
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Determinants of the effectiveness of antimicrobial prophylaxis among neurotrauma patients at a referral hospital in Kenya : findings and implications
... of antimicrobial agents to appreciably reduce a high risk of secondary infection ...perioperative prophylaxis is largely empiric in neuro ...of antimicrobial prophylaxis in neurosurgery, ...
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<p>Optimizing compliance with surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines in patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery at a referral teaching hospital in southern Iran: clinical and economic impact</p>
... SSI prophylaxis plays a crucial role in guiding surgeons to use the most appropriate antibiotics and doses based on evi- dence-based ...of antimicrobial resistance, most common types of surgeries performed, ...
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Electronic Surveillance System for Monitoring Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis
... of antimicrobial prophylaxis in clean pro- cedures when it may not have been needed, contin- uation of antibiotics in clean procedures for ⬎ 24 hours, no prophylaxis given for unclean procedures, and ...
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Non inferior comparative study comparing one or two day antimicrobial prophylaxis after clean orthopaedic surgery (NOCOTA study): a study protocol for a cluster pseudo randomized controlled trial comparing duration of antibiotic prophylaxis
... Antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) is one of the most im- portant measures for preventing surgical site infections (SSIs) in various orthopaedic procedures [1, 2], (http:// ...
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis in colorectal surgery: focus on ertapenem
... does prophylaxis outweigh the risk of aggravate antimicrobial resistance and intestinal side effects of antimicrobial prophylaxis including ...ertapenem prophylaxis versus other widely ...
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Assessment of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in Orthopaedics and Traumatology Surgical Unit of a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in Addis Ababa
... preoperative prophylaxis, of these 153 (96%) received post- operative prophylaxis as ...preoperative antimicrobial prophylaxis, while 6 (3%) patients had no record about preoperative ...
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Antimicrobial prophylaxis outside the operating theatre, an audit in a university hospital
... where antimicrobial prophylaxis might be indicated, but where standardization will be very ...whether prophylaxis is necessary [15, ...surgical prophylaxis (prescribed on the ward) in revision ...
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Optimal timing of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis in laparoscopic surgery: a before-after study
... Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis (SAP) is one of the most important modifiable factors for reducing SSI inci- dence. Administering SAP within 120 min before sur- gery decreased the risk of SSI, and the ...
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Evaluation of targeted antimicrobial prophylaxis for transrectal ultrasound guided prostate biopsy: a prospective cohort trial
... were antimicrobial prophylaxis failures (two ciprofloxacin and one amikacin); three were likely due to failure of the collection or processing of the rectal swab or increasing bacterial resistance between ...
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Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis among paediatric patients in South Africa comparing two healthcare settings
... A statistically significant difference (p=0.0399; p=0.0130) was noted between the two hospitals, for both patients who did not receive any antimicrobials as SAP and those who received one antimicrobial as SAP ...
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Ampicillin/Sulbactam versus Cefuroxime as antimicrobial prophylaxis for cesarean delivery: a randomized study
... The patients were under weekly clinical and laboratory postoperative monitoring for infection development dur- ing a 30- day period. All of them were reminded of the appointment via telephone, and a structured clinical ...
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Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Surgical Patients
... Studies documenting the efficacy of systemic pro- phylaxis in surgical wound infections have been.. performed in adults.7 Because the pathogenesis of.[r] ...
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Perioperative prophylaxis with ertapenem reduced infections caused by extended-spectrum betalactamase-producting Enterobacteriaceae after kidney transplantation
... We conducted an observational study at a tertiary university referral hospital with an active kidney transplantation programme (annual average of 120 pro- cedures) in Barcelona, Spain. Until December 2013 all kidney ...
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Enhanced prophylaxis plus antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV infection in Africa
... One of the limitations of our trial is that we tested an antimicrobial prophylaxis package, which made it difficult to quantify the effect of each component. In the enhanced-prophylaxis group, the ...
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Successful reduction of hospital-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a urology ward: a 10-year study
... Antimicrobial prophylaxis (AMP) for surgery has been empirically performed to prevent surgical site infection (SSI) but inadequate use of AMP has been pointed out as the cause of the dissemination of ...
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Enhanced prophylaxis with antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV in Africa
... enhanced antimicrobial prophylaxis or standard prophylaxis, adjunctive raltegravir or no raltegravir, and supplemen- tary food or no supplementary ...bial prophylaxis, which consisted of ...
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The nutritional management of a patient with acute myeloid leukaemia
... It should be kept in mind that diet alone does not play a role in the management of neutropaenia. Antimicrobial prophylaxis, colony- stimulating factors, a protective environment (i.e. isolation), oral ...
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Enhanced prophylaxis with antiretroviral therapy for advanced HIV in Africa
... One of the limitations of our trial is that we tested an antimicrobial prophylaxis package, which made it difficult to quantify the effect of each component. In the enhanced-prophylaxis group, the ...
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