Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The incidence of SSIs was similar between patients given vancomycin or placebo in addition to standard surgical ...

Despite many advances in recent years, prevention of surgical-site infection (SSI) remains a major challenge. Perioperative antibiotic prophylaxis is a key factor in preventing SSI; however, many ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgical patients with a documented beta-lactam allergy were nine times less likely to receive the preferred ...

Are we overlooking a critical factor in surgical site infections (SSIs)? In the quest for sterile operating rooms and antibiotic prophylaxis, a groundbreaking study suggests we've missed a vital piece ...

The broad-spectrum antibiotic piperacillin-tazobactam used as perioperative prophylaxis significantly reduced surgical site infection (SSI) in patients undergoing open pancreatoduodenectomy (PD, or ...

Adding vancomycin to beta-lactam prophylaxis with cefazolin did not help prevent surgical-site infections in patients undergoing arthroplasty mostly for the knees or hips, a randomized trial showed.

The aim of this large international study carried out in 32 countries was to document the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the current use of appropriate therapy in hospitalized adult ...

A new study found substantial variability in the use and appropriateness of surgical antibiotic prophylaxis for commonly performed operations at children's hospitals in the United States. A new study ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Perioperative prophylaxis accounts for a substantial proportion of antibiotic use in acute-care hospitals. There is clinical evidence of its ...

Once-daily venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis with 10 mg of rivaroxaban for either 7 or 28 days after bariatric surgery was found to be effective and safe. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is known ...