BIGG

Resultados: 4

Antibiotic prophylaxis is not indicated prior to dental procedures for prevention of periprosthetic joint infections

Acta orthop; 88 (5), 2017
Background and purpose: To minimize the risk of hematogenous periprosthetic joint infection (HPJI), international and Dutch guidelines recommended antibiotic prophylaxis prior to dental procedures. Unclear definitions and contradictory recommendations in these guidelines have led to unnecessary antibioti...

Guía de práctica clínica de profilaxis antibiótica en procedimientos quirúrgicos

Las infecciones del sitio quirúrgico (ISQ) son una causa común de infección intrahospitalaria(1). Se define como una infección relacionada con un procedimiento quirúrgico aquella que ocurre en o cerca de la incisión quirúrgica dentro de los 30 días del procedimiento o dentro de 90 días si se imp...

Centers for disease control and prevention guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection, 2017

JAMA Surg; 152 (8), 2017
IMPORTANCE: The human and financial costs of treating surgical site infections (SSIs) are increasing. The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States continues to rise, and surgical patients are initially seen with increasingly complex comorbidities. It is estimated that approximately ha...

Meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO guideline

For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...