Open AccessDouble-Blind Controlled Comparison of Phlebitis Produced by Cephapirin and Cephalothin
Author(s) -
Jaime Carrizosa,
Matthew E. Levison,
Donald Kaye
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.07
H-Index - 259
eISSN - 1070-6283
pISSN - 0066-4804
DOI - 10.1128/aac.3.2.306
Subject(s) - double blind , medicine , incidence (geometry) , anesthesia , surgery , physics , optics , alternative medicine , pathology , placebo
In a double-blind study with each patient as his own control cephapirin and cephalothin were administered to 20 patients in opposite arms for a period of 48 hr each. Neither the incidence of phlebitis nor the degree of phlebitis was significantly different with the two drugs, and there was no difference in the time of onset of pain or phlebitis.