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Nivel de conocimiento sobre profilaxis antibiótica de endocarditis infecciosa en estudiantes de Odontología de Lima
Knowledge about antibiotic prophylaxis of infective endocarditis in dental students in Lima

Introducción: La endocarditis infecciosa es una condición severa que puede presentarse luego de procedimientos odontológicos invasivos, principalmente en pacientes portadores de válvulas cardiacas protésicas y enfermedad cardiaca reumática y congénita. Es importante identificar el nivel de conocim...

What's new in infection on surgical site and antibioticoprophylaxis in surgery?

ABCD (São Paulo, Impr.); 33 (4), 2020
ABSTRACT Introduction: Infection of the surgical site is the common complication, with significant rates of morbidity and mortality, representing a considerable economic problem for the health system. Objective: To carry out a narrative review of the literature on surgical site infection and the princi...

Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: is the clinical practice based on evidence?

ABSTRACT Objective: To assess the surgical antibiotic prophylaxis. Methods: This was a descriptive study performed at a public tertiary care university hospital gathering prescription, sociodemographic and hospitalization data of inpatients admitted in 2014 who used antimicrobial drugs. This data were ...

Antibiotics for appendicectomy in children and adolescents during the perioperative period: an integrative review

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze the preoperative use of antibiotics in children and adolescents requiring appendectomy. Data source: Integrative review was performed in the MEDLINE, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences (LILACS) and Cochrane databases and the PubMed portal, with no time limit. ...

Antibiotic prophylaxis prior to urodynamic study in patients with traumatic spinal cord injury. Is there an indication?

Int. braz. j. urol; 45 (2), 2019
ABSTRACT Study design: Retrospective cohort of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) that have been hospitalized for physical-functional rehabilitation purposes. Objectives: To compare the incidence of urinary tract infection (UTI) after urodynamic study (UDS) in three hospitals that adopted...

Diagnosis and treatment of latent tuberculosis infection in patients undergoing treatment with immunobiologic agents: a four-year experience in an endemic area

J. bras. pneumol; 45 (6), 2019
ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the incidence of active tuberculosis and the occurrence of adverse events after isoniazid treatment in patients with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) who also had chronic inflammatory diseases and were treated with immunobiologic agents in an endemic area in Brazil. ...

Intracameral moxifloxacin after cataract surgery: a prospective study

Arq. bras. oftalmol; 81 (2), 2018
ABSTRACT Objective: To study the safety parameters associated with intracameral moxifloxacin application five weeks after cataract surgery. Methods: The study was a prospective case series set in a private hospital in Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil. A consecutive sample of 1,016 cataract surgeries was eval...

Effectiveness of preoperative decolonization with nasal povidone iodine in Chinese patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery: a prospective cross-sectional study

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 51 (2), 2018
Staphylococcus aureus colonization in the nares of patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery increases the potential risk of surgical site infections. Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) has gained recognition as a pathogen that is no longer only just a hospital-acquired pathogen. Patients posit...

Estudio pre-trasplante hepático: ¿qué buscar y cómo hacerlo? Si algo es positivo: ¿qué hacemos?

Gastroenterol. latinoam; 29 (supl.1), 2018
The process of evaluation of candidate patients for liver transplantation should include the risk of infectious diseases in order to prevent the drop out of the waiting list due to infections or the occurrence of these in the post-transplant period. Cirrhotic patients in the pre-transplant stage are very...

Cirugía: profilaxis antibiótica basada en la evidencia
Surgery: antibiotic prophylaxis based on evidence

Rev. pediatr. electrón; 14 (3), 2017
La profilaxis con antimicrobianos en cirugía reside en administrar un antibiótico antes de iniciarse la operación y está demostrado que es eficaz para disminuir el riesgo de infección. Sin embargo, es relevante tener en cuenta algunos aspectos muy importantes para asegurar que la indicación de anti...