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Infection control : IC · Mar 1981
Prophylactic antibiotics in pediatric orthopedic surgery: current practices.
A limited survey of 90 orthopedic surgery programs throughout the U. S. A. was conducted to determine the use of prophylactic antibiotics in pediatric orthopedic operations. ⋯ The first dose was administered before surgery in 89.6% of the operations. Prophylaxis was discontinued within five days in 96% of the operations. These data provide a pattern of the use of prophylaxis in pediatric orthopedic surgery.
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The problem of postsplenectomy sepsis in adults with traumatic asplenia was reviewed and discussed. Alternatives to splenectomy should be considered when feasible, and pnemococcal vaccination and prophylactic antibiotics are necessary when splenectomy is unavoidable.