Introduction: The rate of cesarean delivery is increasing. Infection is one of the most frequent and important complications of emergency cesarean section. Infection prophylaxis has an important role to reduce post-cesarean delivery complication. The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of broad spectrum antibiotic prophylaxis (Azithromycin+Cephalotin) with single agent antibiotic...

INTRODUCTION Despite the existence of evidence-based guidelines for venous thromboembolism (VTE) prevention, prophylaxis is often inappropriately prescribed. This study compared the efficacy, safety, and cost of appropriate (ACCP-recommended) prophylaxis with partial prophylaxis (not completely conforming to ACCP guidelines) in patients at-risk of VTE receiving enoxaparin or unfractionated hepa...

background deep venous thrombosis (dvt) is a major risk of morbidity and mortality in morbid obese patients underwent bariatric surgery. there are some controversies in different kind of prophylactic strategies for dvt in laparoscopic bariatric surgeries. unfractionated heparin (ufh) is an available and reversible anticoagulant used for dvt prophylaxis. objectives this study aimed to compare cl...

CONTEXT Guidelines on the use of prophylaxis in venous thromboembolism (VTE) are poorly implemented in clinical practice. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the extent to which the American College of Chest Physicians (ACCP) 2001 guidelines on VTE prophylaxis are adhered to in clinical practice by determining whether patients admitted to a medical center with an objective diagnosis of VTE had received ade...

background: ventilator-associated pneumonia (vap) increases the cost of intensive care unit (icu) treatment and the chance of mortality. due to the increasing use of proton pump inhibitors (ppi) and h2 receptor inhibitors for stress ulcer prophylaxis, the purpose of the study was to investigate the differences of vap in two groups of patients receiving ppi or h2 blocker. methods: in the retrosp...

BACKGROUND Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are at increased risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) compared to the general population. Practice guidelines recommend pharmacologic prophylaxis for IBD inpatients. AIM Our aim was to determine the rates of pharmacologic VTE prophylaxis in ulcerative colitis (UC) inpatients at a tertiary referral center. We also assessed potential predict...

conclusion it can be concluded that prophylactic antibiotics do not have any preventive effect on wound infection in a double blind setting. according to our findings, routine antibiotic prophylaxis as recommended for biliary surgery (open or laparoscopic cholecystectomy) is now questionable. results the study population included 61 males and 69 females with the mean age of 49.3±9.6 and 51.8±9....

bacterial endocarditis is a serious disease that could occur after invasive dental procedures. despite a large number of papers written about the knowledge of prevention of bacterial endocarditis among health care workers in western countries, little is known about awareness of this subject among practitioners and students in other countries. the purpose of the present study was to assess the k...

Background. Thromboembolic events are major causes of morbidity, and prevention is important. We aimed to compare chemical prophylaxis (CP) and mechanical prophylaxis (MP) as methods of prevention in nonsurgical patients on mechanical ventilation. Methods. We performed a retrospective study of adult patients admitted to the Cooper University Hospital ICU between 2002 and 2010. Patients on one m...