Profilaxis antimicrobiana en pacientes operados de urgencia por apendicitis aguda / Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Patient with Acute Appendicitis that Received Surgical Treatment
Correo Cient Med Holguìn
; 12(3)2008. tab
Article
in Spanish
| CUMED
| ID: cum-36622
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CU422.1
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RESUMEN
Se realizó un estudio descriptivo y transversal en pacientes operados de apendicitis aguda en el Servicio de Cirugía del Hospital West Demerara en la República de Guyana en el período comprendido de 2002 al 2004, con el objetivo de conocer el comportamiento y demostrar la efectividad de los antimicrobianos en la prevención de las infecciones de la herida. De un universo de 235 casos fueron tomados como muestra 82 pacientes operados de urgencias por apendicitis aguda. Se analizaron variables de interés como edad, sexo, estado anatomoclínico del apéndice, tiempo trascurrido antes del diagnóstico, complicaciones postoperatorias, gérmenes responsables de la sepsis de la herida, tipos de antibióticos utilizados...(AU)
ABSTRACT
A descriptive study was carried out in 82 patients with acute appendicitis who received urgent surgical treatment at West Demerara regional Hospital in Guyana from 2002 to 2004. The patients were assisted at surgical department where the diagnosis was determined and surgical approach was performed. Several variables were analyzed age, sex, complications, among others. The most affected age group was between 26-35 years old, prevaling 81, 7 percent male patients. Gangrenous appendicitis and perforate one were the most frequent compilcations representing...(AU)
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Database:
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Main subject:
Appendicitis
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Surgical Wound Infection
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Antibiotic Prophylaxis
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Correo Cient Med Holguìn
Year:
2008
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hospital Clínico Quirùrgico/Cuba
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Hospital VI Lenin/Cuba
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Policlínica Calixto García/Cuba