In cirrhotic patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, antibiotic prophylaxis decreases the incidence of infections but most randomized trials have not shown an increase in survival. The aim of this meta-analysis was to assess the efficacy of antibiotic prophylaxis in the prevention of infections and
Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis after gastrointestinal hemorrhage in cirrhotic patients with a high risk of infection
β Scribed by A Pauwels; N Mostefa-Kara; B Debenes; E Degoutte; V Levy
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0270-9139
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of the bleeding. In patients with serum creatinine level ΓΊ200 mmol/ L, doses were reduced to amoxicillin plus clavulanic acid (Augmentin, Beecham, Nanterre, France) 500 mg/100 kg twice daily and ciproflox-From the Unite Β΄de Soins Intensifs, Service d'He Β΄pato-Gastroente Β΄rologie, Ho Λpital Saintacin (Ciflox, Bayer Pharma, Sens, France) 200 mg once daily. In case
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