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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-8-18
pubmed:abstractText
Randomization to cefuroxime in a two-dose peroperative regimen or to combined peroperative and postoperative (4 days) ampicillin and metronidazole was performed in a series of 418 high-risk patients undergoing biliary or gastric surgery. Postoperative wound infection appeared in 9 of the 210 patients who received ampicillin and metronidazole and in 2 of the 208 given cefuroxime (p less than 0.05). Four intraabdominal abscesses occurred in the former group and one in the latter. Three of these abscesses probably were attributable to complications of surgery as such, leaving one intraabdominal abscess in each group. Peroperative cefuroxime is concluded to be more effective than longer administration of ampicillin/metronidazole as protection against wound infection in high-risk patients undergoing biliary or gastric surgery.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0001-5482
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
153
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
193-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Ampicillin, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Biliary Tract Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Cefuroxime, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Cephalosporins, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Clinical Trials as Topic, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Female, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Male, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Metronidazole, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Preoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Prognosis, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Random Allocation, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Risk, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Stomach Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Surgical Wound Infection, pubmed-meshheading:3300121-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Peroperative cefuroxime v. long-term ampicillin and metronidazole in high-risk biliary and gastric surgery. A multicentre trial.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Comparative Study, Randomized Controlled Trial