Why the study?
Do pre-operative factors influence infectious complications in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery with standardized antibiotic prophylaxis?
Do pre-operative factors influence infectious complications in patients undergoing elective abdominal surgery with standardized antibiotic prophylaxis?
Pre-operative factors such as age and malignancy increase general post-operative complications but do not increase infectious complications when standardized antibiotic prophylaxis is used.
Pre-operative factors raise overall complications without increasing infections under prophylaxis; supports standardized regimens but leaves open need for additional risk-mitigation strategies.
The influence of some pre-operative factors on infectious complications after elective abdominal surgery was investigated in a prospective multi-centre study of 1537 patients in surgical departments regularly using a standardized prophylactic antibiotic regimen. A total of 1101 patients received 1600 mg tinidazole plus 400 mg doxycycline intravenously 1-hour pre-operatively. Analysis of the results showed that increasing age, malignancy, risk factors noted by the surgeon before the surgical procedure, and discrepancies between assumed disease and peri-operative findings were associated with significantly more post-operative complications, but not more infectious complications related to peri-operative contamination. Pre-operative hospital stay did not influence the infection rate provided that prophylaxis was given.
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