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Original Source: Antibiotic prophylaxis in urology.
The aim of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is the prevention of surgical site infections and urinary tract infections during urological procedures. The indication for antibiotic prophylaxis comprises several risk factors such as the degree of contamination of the operative site, duration of surgery, implantation of devices and comorbidities of the individual patient. In general this involves a single antibiotic administration before the operative procedure. The antibiotic prophylaxis is part of the tot...
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COPD Managed With Long-term Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Long-term antibiotic prophylaxis is being used to prevent exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Medscape Medical News
Antibiotic Limits in 2007 Endocarditis Guidance 'About Right'
Infective endocarditis cases have not increased in one US county despite the AHA changing recommendations in 2007 to restrict antibiotic prophylaxis for this disease to just four high-risk groups, new...
Guidelines cite judicious use of antibiotic prophylaxis for derm surgery
When considering prophylactic antibiotics in dermatologic surgery, knowing what to do can be as important as knowing what not to do.
Antibiotics usually unneeded before shock wave lithotripsy
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients with sterile urine before shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) can forgo antibiotic prophylaxis, according to the authors of a new meta-analysis.
Heparin prophylaxis has no benefit in medical patients
The article on the introduction of methods to encourage or mandate the prescription of prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism (VTE) is misconceived.1 It is not true that most cases of deep vein......
Most Don't Need Antibiotics Before Dental Work (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Recommendations restricting the use of antibiotic prophylaxis before invasive dental procedures to only a handful of patient groups did not appear to increase rates of infective end...
Continuous antibiotics prevent UTIs in antenatal hydronephrosis: report
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In high-grade antenatal hydronephrosis, antibiotic prophylaxis of urinary tract infection (UTI) is appropriate, say the authors of a systematic review.
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Antibiotic prophylaxis in urology.
The aim of perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is the prevention of surgical site infections and urinary tract infections during urological procedures. The indication for antibiotic prophylaxis compr...
Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pediatric Urology: An Update.
This article discusses the use of antibiotic prophylaxis in the treatment of three common conditions encountered by the pediatric urologist: 1) children with urinary infection and structurally and neu...
We analyzed the role of antibiotic prophylaxis during decitabine treatment for MDS. The primary endpoint was the incidence of febrile episodes. The total number of decitabine cycles given to 28 patien...
Antibiotic prophylaxis in antenatal nonrefluxing hydronephrosis, megaureter and ureterocele.
Observation is a conservative management option in infants with nonrefluxing hydronephrosis, primary nonrefluxing megaureter and ureterocele diagnosed postnatally following antenatal detection of hydr...
PURPOSE: The use of antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing urinary tract infections has recently been called into question. Some studies support discontinuation of antibiotic prophylaxis in selected gr...
