BACKGROUND The use of prophylactic antibiotics against postprocedure infection in patients undergoing transarterial therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma is controversial. AIM To compare the effects of prophylactic antibiotic treatment and no prophylactic antibiotic treatment on infectious complications following transarterial procedures. METHODS Clinical trials fulfilling predefined selecti...

Introduction: Caesarean section is one of the most rewarding surgeries when performed in time and indication. The number of C/S has been growing rapidly in the developing as well as developed world. Aims & Objectives: Evaluation of prophylactic antibiotic in caesarean section. Methodology: This study was conducted in Nepalgunj Medical College Teaching Hospital, Kohalpur from June 2014 to Septem...

receive prophylactic antibiotics, primarily for surgical procedures. Although early studies in the 1950s and 1960s concluded that prophylaxis was not helpful, many of these studies were poorly done, and the basic principles of appropriate prophylactic antibiotic use were not understood. In reality, patients often were given therapeutic antibiotics; that is, the infection had already occurred. S...

Prophylactic antibiotics in the aquaculture and ornamental fish industry are intended to prevent the negative impacts of disease outbreaks. Research in mice and humans suggests that antibiotics may disturb microbiome communities and decrease microbiome-mediated disease resistance, also known as "colonization resistance." If antibiotics impact fish as they do mice and humans, prophylactic admini...

Introduction: The management and use of antimicrobial drugs has clinical, economic, and environmental implications. In many countries, antimicrobial drugs are the most frequently prescribed therapeutic agents. Therefore, health-care policy should focus on how to establish a rational attitude toward antibiotics. This study was performed to investigate antibiotic usage as a prophylactic regimen ...

BACKGROUND Necrotizing pancreatitis is a life-threatening presentation of acute pancreatitis. The mortality of 20-80% initially depends on the persistence of organ failure and systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) and, in the later course of the disease, on secondary infection of the necrosis. The questions whether prophylactic antibiotics aiming to prevent this infection should be adm...

Editorial Medical and dental practitioners are going through difficult years in which litigation is frequent, because of complications related to treatment vs non treatment decision as well as to each treatment option vs any others possible. This is also true as far as antibiotic prophylaxis is concerned, so litigation may arise due to surgical or distant site infections subsequent to intervent...

Acute pancreatitis is a complex inflammatory disease with significant morbidity and mortality. Despite advances in its management, the role of antibiotics prophylaxis treatment acute remains controversial. The aim this comprehensive review to analyze current evidence on use pancreatitis, focusing prophylactic therapeutic strategies. Prophylactic aims prevent local systemic infections. However, ...

OBJECTIVES To review the latest evidence on antibiotic prophylaxis for patients with total joint replacements to prevent prosthesis infections. DATA SOURCES Literature search of Medline and PubMed until June 2009. STUDY SELECTION Studies of patients with total joint replacements from around the world, studies concerning antibiotic prophylaxis, as well as chemoprophylaxis guidelines from ort...

Purpose: The goal of this study was to investigate whether our institution adhered to current guidelines for the use of prophylactic antibiotics in hip and knee arthroplasty. Type of Study: Retrospective case series. Methods: Data on the administration of prophylactic antibiotics for 798 consecutive total hip arthroplasty, total knee arthroplasty, and hip hemiarthroplasty procedures were record...