Search Results for "Lip Laceration Antibiotic Prophylaxis"
Original Source: Prophylactic Use of Antibiotics for Through and Through Lacerations of the Lip
Facial lacerations are a commonly encountered problem in the emergency department. Despite this, few original articles have been written concerning the management of lacerations of the lip which communicate with the oral cavity. Specifically, no study has been able to definitively show whether the use of antibiotics for these wounds decreases the infection rate. These cutaneous wounds are a unique type of laceration because they are continuously contaminated with oropharyngeal...
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Abdominal Aorta Laceration by a Fractured Vertebral Fragment
This case describes a rare instance of abdominal aorta laceration caused by a displaced bone fragment after a low-energy L2 vertebral body fracture. What factors contributed to this complication? Sp...
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...
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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...
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...
"SCIP"ping antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines in trauma: The consequences of noncompliance.
The Surgical Care Improvement Project (SCIP) established surgical antibiotic prophylaxis guidelines as part of a national patient safety initiative aimed at reducing surgical complications such as sur...
INTRODUCTION: It is unclear which antibiotic regimen provides the best prophylaxis against surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing hip and knee surgery....
Abstract: Objective: To describe practices concerning antibiotic prophylaxis for cesarean delivery among maternal-fetal medicine (MFM) physicians in the United States (US). Methods: A 10-item self-adm...
