A shorter course of prophylactic antibiotics, or even no course at all, appeared to be noninferior to longer courses in ...

Pooled data show that no or shorter antibiotic prophylaxis for upper GI bleeding in cirrhosis is very likely noninferior to longer courses for all-cause mortality, challenging long-standing advice.

New research in JAMA Internal Medicine has challenged the current guideline recommending 5-7 days of preventive antibiotics ...

Current guidelines for patients with cirrhosis and upper-GI bleeding recommend 5 to 7 days of antibiotic prophylaxis to ...

Prophylactic antibiotic use before tunneled cuffed catheter insertion was not linked to a lower rate of early hemodialysis ...

Revised guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) that advised against antibiotic prophylaxis in all but patients at highest risk for infective endocarditis were swiftly implemented into ...

Archive A Study of Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Patients with Acute Heart Failure Authors: Robert G. Petersdorf, M.D., and Richard K. Merchant, M.D. Author Info & Affiliations Published March 19, 1959 ...

This raises the possibility that preventive strategies should vary based on the type of mitral surgery, but more research is needed.

Effect of Prophylaxis with Antimicrobials in Patients with Indwelling Catheters Multiple urine cultures were obtained from 59 patients (Table 7).

Surgery > Orthopedics Beefed-Up Antibiotic Prophylaxis No Help for Post-Arthroplasty Infections — And adding vancomycin to cefazolin may have increased surgical-site infections after knee ...