A comparative study between a single-dose and 24-hour multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy | Zendy

Khalid Akkour | Zendy; Maria Arafah | Zendy; M Alhulwah | Zendy; Rana Saeed Badaghish | Zendy; H Alhalal | Zendy; Nada Alayed | Zendy; Sarah Batel Alqahtani | Zendy; Shazia Iqbal | Zendy

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A comparative study between a single-dose and 24-hour multiple-dose antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy

Author(s) -

Khalid Akkour,

Maria Arafah,

M Alhulwah,

Rana Saeed Badaghish,

H Alhalal,

Nada Alayed,

Sarah Batel Alqahtani,

Shazia Iqbal

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.13034

Subject(s) - medicine , cefazolin , hysterectomy , antibiotic prophylaxis , regimen , retrospective cohort study , laparotomy , health care , emergency medicine , surgery , antibiotics , microbiology and biotechnology , economics , biology , economic growth

Surgical site infections (SSIs) are a major health issue in surgical specialties in terms of health care costs and patients' clinical outcomes. At the level of the patient, prolonged hospital stays or readmissions for SSIs, can affect the patient's quality of life. At the level of the health care system, it exhausts the hospital's resources and increases the burden on the medical staff due to the need for continuous wound care, microbiological cultures, laboratory tests and medications. In this study, we assessed the effectiveness of two antibiotic prophylaxis regimens for the prevention of SSIs in patients undergoing elective hysterectomy surgeries.

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