RESUMEN
A randomized, prospective study of 44 women undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy was conducted to compare cefuroxime short-term prophylaxis and ampicillin plus oxacillin long-term prophylaxis. Cefuroxime was given peri-operatively for 1 day only, whereas the penicillins were given post-operatively for 5 days. The results showed that both regimens were equally effective in providing prophylaxis. It is suggested, therefore, that the use of antibiotics after the first day of surgery is unnecessary and short-term prophylaxis is preferable because of fewer potential disadvantages.
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Antibacterianos/administración & dosificación , Infecciones Bacterianas/prevención & control , Histerectomía , Adulto , Antibacterianos/uso terapéutico , Esquema de Medicación , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Complicaciones Posoperatorias/prevención & control , Distribución Aleatoria , Infección de Heridas/prevención & controlRESUMEN
Maternal and feto-neonatal pathology in pregnant women with Hb values less than 10 gr./100 ml. in the last ten weeks of pregnancy was estimated. WHO considers HB values (gr./100 ml.) a valid and sufficient parameter for a clinical classification of the different degrees of anaemia in pregnancy: the authors agree with this suggestion.