A Comparative Study of Single Dose and Multiple Dose Antibiotic Prophylaxis In Caesarean Section

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-93
Author(s):  
Dr. Poorvi Agarwal ◽  
Dr. Harshal Nimbannavar ◽  
Dr. Prajakta Khose ◽  
Dr. Supraja Subramanian ◽  
Dr. Himadri Bal

Background: Rampant antibiotic use brought about its own set of problems like the rise in incidence of antibiotic resistant strains, allergies and other complications of antibiotic use. Unfortunately in many of our set ups we are still stuck in prolonged post-operative antibiotic regimes. This study aims to fill that lacunae and thereby aid our gradual shift away from over reliance on prolonged antibiotic usage in prevention of SSI. Hence we decided to investigate the efficacy of the use of a single prophylactic intravenous dose of antibiotic vis a vis multiple doses in reducing post-operative infective morbidity in caesarean sections. Methods: The study included 200 patients at term, satisfying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, reporting to the labour room and undergoing caesarean section. The patients were then divided into two groups of 100 each by simple randomization. Patients in Group A were given a single dose of Inj. Cefotaxime 1gm IV + Inj. Metronidazole 500 mg IV infusion 30 minutes before the skin incision. Group B cases were given the first dose of Inj. cefotaxime 1g IV + Inj. metronidazole 500 mg IV 30 minutes before the skin incision followed by injectables for 2 days: Inj. cefotaxime 1g IV BD and Inj. metronidazole 500mg IV TDS. Subsequently for the next 3 days Tablet Cefixime 200mg BD and Tablet Metronidazole 400mg TDS were administered orally. Results:  The present study did not show any significant difference in the post operative infection incidence between the single dose and multiple dose schedule. Conclusion: our study makes an important observation regarding use of antibiotic prophylaxis and its duration for prevention of post operative infections in mothers without compromising any safety aspects of either the mother or the child.  As noted in our study, there was no difference in the outcome as regards post operative infectious morbidity in patients of both the groups. Hence, based on the findings of our study we conclude that single dose prophylactic antibiotic should be the norm for caesarean sections.

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 129
Author(s):  
Swapan Das ◽  
Rajib Kundu ◽  
Bani Prasad Chattopadhyay

Background: Surgical site infection is a common problem following general surgical procedures. Despite major improvement in antibiotics, improved antiseptic measures SSI continues to present a big challenge. In this study we will compare single dose versus multiple dose antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of SSI in clean and clean contaminated surgical wound.Methods: This is an institution based prospective, comparative study, with total 60 patients as study population. Clinical finding, wound swab culture and routine haematological reports were taken as study variables. Patients receiving single dose antibiotic and multiple dose antibiotic were included in ‘Group A’ and ‘Group B’ respectively. The surgical sites were examined from post-operative days 3 to 8 for signs of infection.Results: In This study, 46.7% patients were female, and 53.3% patients were male. In Group-A, patients having post operative fever, tachycardia and leucocytosis were 16.7%, 13.3% and 20.0% respectively. 6.7% patients had purulent and 10.0% patients had seropurulent discharge from wound. In Group-B, patients having post operative fever, tachycardia, and leucocytosis were 13.3%, 16.7% and 13.3% respectively. 6.7% patients had purulent and seropurulent discharge from wound. There is no statistically significant difference between two groups regarding post operative fever, tachycardia, leucocytosis and wound discharge.Conclusions: There is no significant difference between single dose and multiple dose antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent SSI in patients for elective clean and clean contaminated surgery however single dose is more cost effective.


2020 ◽  
Vol 132 (3) ◽  
pp. 797-801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan-Karl Burkhardt ◽  
Omar Tanweer ◽  
Miguel Litao ◽  
Pankaj Sharma ◽  
Eytan Raz ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVEA systematic analysis on the utility of prophylactic antibiotics for neuroendovascular procedures has not been performed. At the authors’ institution there is a unique setup to address this question, with some attending physicians using prophylactic antibiotics (cefazolin or vancomycin) for all of their neurointerventions while others generally do not.METHODSThe authors performed a retrospective review of the last 549 neurointerventional procedures in 484 patients at Tisch Hospital, NYU Langone Medical Center. Clinical and radiological data were collected for analysis, including presence of prophylactic antibiotic use, local or systemic infection, infection laboratory values, and treatment. Overall, 306 aneurysms, 117 arteriovenous malformations/arteriovenous fistulas, 86 tumors, and 40 vessel stenosis/dissections were treated with coiling (n = 109), Pipeline embolization device (n = 197), embolization (n = 203), or stenting (n = 40).RESULTSAntibiotic prophylaxis was used in 265 of 549 cases (48%). There was no significant difference between patients with or without antibiotic prophylaxis in sex (p = 0.48), presence of multiple interventions (p = 0.67), diseases treated (p = 0.11), or intervention device placed (p = 0.55). The mean age of patients in the antibiotic prophylaxis group (53.4 years) was significantly lower than that of the patients without prophylaxis (57.1 years; p = 0.014). Two mild local groin infections (0.36%) and no systemic infections (0%) were identified in this cohort, with one case in each group (1/265 [0.38%] vs 1/284 [0.35%]). Both patients recovered completely with local drainage (n = 1) and oral antibiotic treatment (n = 1).CONCLUSIONSThe risk of infection associated with endovascular neurointerventions with or without prophylactic antibiotic use was very low in this cohort. The data suggest that the routine use of antibiotic prophylaxis seems unnecessary and that to prevent antibiotic resistance and reduce costs antibiotic prophylaxis should be reserved for selected patients deemed to be at increased infection risk.


Author(s):  
M. Bharath ◽  
J. R. Galagali ◽  
Awadhesh Kumar Mishra ◽  
Ajay Mallick ◽  
E. Nikhilesh

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Many clinicians continue to use antibiotic prophylaxis routinely in all surgical procedures, ignoring the guidelines issued by policy makers. In this prospective study we compared the rate of surgical site infection (SSI) in patients who received prophylactic antibiotics as a routine; with the rate of SSI in patients getting antibiotics strictly as per SIGN 104 Guidelines, for clean and clean contaminated procedures.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> The study population comprised 235 patients. Group A consisted of 119 patients having 77 (65%) males and 42 (35%) females while Group B had 116 patients - 71 (61%) males and 45 (39%) females. Group A received routine antibiotic prophylaxis in all cases, while Group B received antibiotic prophylaxis as per SIGN 104 guidelines only. Both the groups were followed up for one month post-operatively for SSI and complications.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> SSI occurred in 2 patients (1.68%) in Group A and in 3 (2.59%) patients in Group B. There was no significant difference in the rate of SSI between the two groups (p=0.68). Procedure wise maximum SSI occurred in tympanoplasty and laryngectomy. Due to infection one case of tympanoplasty had graft failure and one case of laryngectomy had delayed wound healing. No major complications related to infection or antibiotic use occurred in either group.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Conclusions:</strong> Selective use of antibiotic prophylaxis as per SIGN 104 Guidelines does not lead to increase in SSI in clean and clean contaminated ENT procedures.</p>


Author(s):  
Subhashchandra R Mudanur ◽  
Shreedevi S Kori ◽  
Aruna Biradar ◽  
Rajasri G Yaliwal ◽  
Dayanand S Biradar ◽  
...  

Introduction: Surgical site infections are a serious cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. Various preventive measures are being used to reduce the incidence of surgical site infections. One of them is the use of prophylactic antibiotics. In this study, authors have evaluated three antibiotic regimen with respect to preventing infectious morbidity in caesarean section. Aim: To study the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a single dose (ceftriaxone) versus multiple doses of antibiotic therapy (ceftriaxone and ornidazole) administered preoperatively in women undergoing caesarean delivery. Materials and Methods: A prospective interventional study was conducted on 300 pregnant women undergoing emergency or elective caesarean delivery. Study was conducted at BLDE (DU) Shri BM Patil Medical College and Research Centre, Vijayapur, Karnataka, India. Patients were randomly assigned to three groups by block random sampling with 100 women in each group. Group A received Inj. ceftriaxone 1 gm single dose 60 minutes prior to commencement of surgery. Group B received Inj. ceftriaxone 1 gm along with Inj. ornidazole 500 mg intravenous infusion 60 minutes prior to commencement of surgery and Group C received Inj. ceftriaxone 1 gm and Inj. ornidazole 500 mg intravenous infusion 60 minutes prior to commencement of surgery and a repeat dose 12th hourly for 24 hours followed by Tab. cefixime 200 mg and Tab. ornidazole 500 mg twice daily for four days postoperatively. The effectiveness of therapy was measured in terms of adverse effects of antibiotics such as nausea and vomiting and postoperative complications like pyrexia, foul smelling lochia, surgical site infections, uterine tenderness, peritonitis and endometritis. Results: There was no statistical difference in outcome measures in side-effects of antibiotics (p-value=0.13), fever (p-value=0.68), lochia discharge (p-value=0.88), wound infection (p-value=0.39) and peritonitis (p-value=0.30) among the three groups. The single dose medication in group A had a cost of Rs.60 INR (0.82 cents USD), which was significantly less compared to the multiple dose regimens in group B that cost Rs.203 INR ($2.76 USD). The mean hospital stay in non infectious and infectious patients were 5 and 10 days in present study (p<0.0001). Conclusion: Caesarean delivery poses 5-20 times greater risk of postoperative infection when compared to vaginal birth. There has been a shifting trend of increasing caesarean deliveries and postoperative infections can contribute to overwhelming health and economic burden. Present study shows outcome measures which were statistically insignificant among the three study groups with different prophylactic regimen for caesarean delivery, so it’s safe to state that both single dose and multiple dose regimen provided equal protective coverage in reducing maternal infectious morbidity. Also, single dose regimen proved to be cost-effective. So, to conclude single dose prophylactic antibiotic given preoperatively in caesarean section is both cost-effective and as is efficient.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Li Wang ◽  
Meng-ming Xia ◽  
Wei Sun ◽  
Cheng-ke Huang ◽  
...  

The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of orally administered genistein on the pharmacokinetics of imatinib and N-desmethyl imatinib in rats. Twenty-five healthy male SD (Sprague-Dawley) rats were randomly divided into five groups: A group (control group), B group (multiple dose of 100 mg/kg genistein for consecutive 15 days), C group (multiple dose of 50 mg/kg genistein for consecutive 15 days), D group (a single dose of 100 mg/kg genistein), and E group (a single dose of 50 mg/kg genistein). A single dose of imatinib is administered orally 30 min after administration of genistein (100 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg). The pharmacokinetic parameters of imatinib and N-desmethyl imatinib were calculated by DAS 3.0 software. The multiple dose of 100 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg genistein significantly (P<0.05) decreased theAUC0-tandCmaxof imatinib.AUC0-tand theCmaxof N-desmethyl imatinib were also increased, but without any significant difference. However, the single dose of 100 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg genistein has no effect on the pharmacokinetics of imatinib and N-desmethyl imatinib. Those results indicated that multiple dose of genistein (100 mg/kg or 50 mg/kg) induces the metabolism of imatinib, while single dose of genistein has no effect.


Author(s):  
Malini Bharadwaj ◽  
Rani R. Momaya ◽  
Rituja Kaushal

Background: Women undergoing caesarean section are associated with high rates of post-operative infections, which causes significant rise in infectious morbidity, duration of hospital stay and cost treatment. Implementation of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis is desirable to prevent these complications. We aimed to observe the outcome of Intravenous single dose antibiotic prophylaxis pre-operatively followed by oral antibiotics post-operatively, in comparison to other group with multiple dose Intravenous antibiotic prophylaxis post-operatively.Methods: An observational study conducted in the department of obstetrics and gynaecology, L.N.M.C and J.K. Hospital, Kolar Road, Bhopal, on patients undergoing Elective or Emergency Lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) for a period of 6 months, on 100 subjects, with 50 participants in each group. Null hypothesis was invalidated by statistically analysing the data using chi square test, Unpaired t-test and odds ratio.Results: Prevalence of c-section was more in 25-31year age group. Abnormal presentation was the most common indication for elective LSCS in both the groups (8%), non-progress of labour and foetal distress was the most common indication for emergency LSCS in group A and B respectively (10%). There was statistically insignificant difference in the occurrence of post-operative complications in both the groups (chi sq. value=0.4285, p value=0.5127) with overall, most common complication was febrile morbidity (8% vs.12%). Significant difference noted in total bed occupancy days (unpaired t-test 1.9844) (p-value.0.000000049<0.05%).Conclusions: We recommend the use of cost-effective single dose antibiotic prophylaxis in prevention of post-operative infectious morbidity in women undergoing caesarean section.


QJM ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 113 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
W H Eltantawy ◽  
K M Labib ◽  
A M Farag

Abstract Background the purpose of antibiotic prophylaxis in surgical procedures is not to sterilize tissues but to reduce colonisation pressure of microorganisms introduced at the time of the operation to a level that can be overcome by the patient’s immune system. Aim of the study to compare the effects of antibiotic prophylaxis administered in cesarean section preoperatively versus after neonatal cord clamp on postoperative infectious complications for both the mother and the neonate. Patients and Methods This comparative study was carried out between August 2017 and February 2018, at Ain Shams maternity hospital and Al-Galaa teaching hospital, a prospective randomized control comparativestudy of 874 pregnant ladies undergoing cesarean section after obtaining the approval of the local ethical committee and a fully-informed written consent. Results Of 874 pregnant ladies undergoing cesarean section, mean gestational age in group A (38.71±1.09); while in group B mean gestational age (38.86±1.06). In group A, wound infection 8 cases (1.6%), endometritis 25 cases (5.7%), UTI 18 case (4.1%). In group B, wound infection 16 cases (3.7%), endometritis 35 cases (8%), UTI 28 case (6.4%). No cases suffered from early or long term neonatal complications. Conclusion there is no significant difference between timing of antibiotic either before skin incision or after cord clamping, however there are risk factors that increase the maternal, fetal infectious morbidity as high BMI, low gestational age, previous section, general anaesthesia.


1970 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-184 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Shakya ◽  
J Sharma

Background: Puerperal sepsis is frequently in Caesarean section. Antibiotic prophylaxis may have significant impact in reduction of infections and thus the need to study its role in sepsis prevention systematically. Objective: The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of single dose versus multiple doses of a first generation cephalosporin (with Metronidazole), to reduce postoperative infectious morbidity in elective caesarean section. Materials and methods: It was prospective clinical trial of hundred women undergoing elective caesarean section who received either a single prophylactic dose of Cefazolin with Metronidazole post-cord clamping, or multiple postoperative doses of antibiotics based on the standard protocol of the hospital. Duration of the study was seven months and twentytwo days (11th November 2004 to 30th June 2005).Women were compared on the basis of development of postoperative febrile morbidity, endometritis, urinary tract infection, wound infection and other infections. Results: There were no significant differences among the patients in single and multiple dose groups in terms of their age distribution, gravida, period of gestation, smoking status, body mass index, indications for elective caesarean section or operation characteristics. There were 4% and 6% febrile morbidity, 2 (4%) and 0 (0%) urinary tract infection, in the single dose and multiple dose groups respectively. But none of the differences were statistically significant. Conclusion: A single prophylactic dose of Cefazolin plus Metronidazole given post-umbilical cord clamping gives as much protection as multiple postoperative doses of Cefazolin/Cefalexin plus Metronidazole in preventing postoperative infectious morbidity in elective caesarean section. Key words: Antibiotic prophylaxis; Caesarean section DOI: 10.3126/kumj.v8i2.3554 Kathmandu University Medical Journal (2010), Vol. 8, No. 2, Issue 30, 179-184


Author(s):  
Rohit K Phadnis ◽  
Faiz Hussain ◽  
Praneeth Tenneti

Introduction: Traditionally antibiotics have been advised pre and post operatively in surgery for gall bladder. The knowledge about usage of a single dose prophylactic preoperative antibiotic in comparison to conventional usage of perioperative antibiotics in laparoscopic Cholecystectomy is limited. Hence, this study focuses on comparing the efficacy of a single dose prophylactic antibiotic versus the usage of pre and postoperative antibiotics in laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Method: This is a prospective study conducted in the General Surgery department of Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research. Over 192 consecutive patients subjected for laparoscopic Cholecystectomy were included in study. They were divided in two groups (A&B) after applying exclusion. 74 patients in group A were given single dose of preoperative prophylactic antibiotic. No further post-operative antibiotics were given. 78 patients in group B were given both pre and postoperative antibiotics. Infective complications and cost constraints were compared between both the groups. Statistical analysis was done using chi-square test wherever necessary. Results: there is no significant difference in the rate of incidence of wound infection in both the groups. Age and gender had no significant association for SSI. The overall cost of Group B was found to be significantly higher than Group A. Conclusion: Usage of single dose prophylactic preoperative antibiotics with no further post operative antibiotics would be sufficient to prevent surgical site infection in uncomplicated laparoscopic Cholecystectomy. Keywords: Prevention, Antibiotic Resistance, Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.


2014 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 50-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Bhattachan ◽  
GN Baral ◽  
L Gauchan

Aims: The purpose of this study was to compare the efficacy of single combined dose of Cefotaxime and Metronidazole against conventional regimen of Ampicllin and Metronidazole for five days for the prevention of infectious morbidities in cesarean deliveries. Methods: This study was carried out at Paropakar Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Kathmandu from April to August 2011. Hundred patients, who had cesarean deliveries for various indications, were divided into two groups with fifty on each arm. Patients in group I were treated with intravenous single dose of Cefotaxime and Metronidazole after cord clamping, whereas those patients in group II were treated with Ampicillin and Metronidazole for five days. Efficacy of the treatment was compared in terms of postoperative infectious morbidities, duration of hospital stay and cost of antibiotics. Results: Overall ten cases (10%) had post-operative complications in which eight (8%) had infectious and two (2%) had thrombophlebitis. The infectious morbidities were febrile morbidities in four cases (4%) followed by urinary tract infection in three cases (3%) and wound infection in one case (1%). There was no statistically significant difference among distribution of these morbidities and in the mean duration hospital stay. The cost of single dose regimen was one-eighth of the multiple dose regimens which was statistically significant (p=0.000). Conclusions: Single dose of Cefotaxime and Metronidazole was equally effective as multiple doses of Ampicllin and Metronidazole for five days in prevention of infectious morbidities with benefit of cost.Nepal Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology / Vol 8 / No. 2 / Issue 16 / July-Dec, 2013 / 50-53 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njog.v8i2.9771  


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