Chemotherapy · 1999 · 21 citations · 16 references
MedicinePharmacotherapySurgeryAntimicrobial PharmacotherapyEmergency SurgerySepsisAntibiotic ProphylaxisAntimicrobial ProphylaxisPenetrating Trauma CareSurgical ProphylaxisTrauma SurgeryTraumatic Brain InjuryAntibiotic Prophylaxis In SurgeryCeftriaxone TherapyCraniocerebral TraumaDuration Of Antibiotic TreatmentMultiple-dose ProphylaxisPerioperative Prophylactic AntibioticsSingle-dose ProphylaxisSystemic Antibiotic Prophylaxis
UNLABELLED: This study was designed to compare the clinical efficacy of a single dose of ceftriaxone with cefoxitin given 3 times a day for 3 days. METHODS: Patients had to have a penetrating injury to only one part of the body, reach the hospital within 2 h and be operated on within 16 h after the trauma. Patients were excluded if it appeared likely that they would require mechanical ventilation for more than 24 h. The same applies to open or grade II/III craniocerebral trauma. The end point was the occurrence of infections within 10 days. The costs of antibiotic treatment were also calculated. RESULTS: 96% of the ceftriaxone patients (n = 97) and 95% of the cefoxitin group (n = 98) remained infection-free. In neither treatment group was deep infection, abscess, phlegmon or sepsis seen. No additional surgery or intensive care due to infection was required. At $41.83 vs. $172.16, the average total cost of delivering antibiotic treatment was significantly lower in the ceftriaxone group (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Prophylaxis in penetrating trauma with a single dose of ceftriaxone is safe and has considerable practical and economic advantages.
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Risk of Infection after Penetrating Abdominal Trauma
Ronald Lee Nichols, Jeffrey W. Smith, Daniel B. Klein et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 1984 · 316 citations