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Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu) Mon Jun 30 15:32:49 2003 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Bitter medicine" Previous message: Gail Waldby: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection" In reply to: Gail Waldby: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection" Yeah, I was told a log time ago at our hospital that once-daily cephalosporins are cheaper to give than ampicillin because of administration costs. -- Anna Meenan, MD At Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Gail Waldby wrote: > >The general surgery literature at least shows that once daily high dose >gent and once daily 1 gram metronidazole (IV or po) works as well as the >mutliple dose versions of these 2 antibiotics. However, ampicillin >should be dosed q4 hours which is labor intensive. >Gail Waldby, MD > >DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: > >> In a message dated 6/30/03 13:54:36, eryl@intekom.co.za writes: >> >>> After seeing this list I realised why we use our combination of >>> Amp/Gent/Metro - it's cheap. Why use a sledgehammer to crack a nut or a >>> machine gun on a mosquito? >> >> It's not a matter of sledgehammers and machine guns. It's simply what >> works, and then you can pick the cheapest one in YOUR hospital. >> >> In some hospitals, Amp/Gent/Metro, adding in gent levels, multiple >> dosings, etc., is more expensive than a single agent. And some places >> it's not. >> >> But there's really no literature that says any one of these is really >> better in OB-GYN patients. They're all basically equivalent, all >> things being equal. >> >> hehe >> >> Joe P. >> Next message: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: Bitter medicine" Previous message: Gail Waldby: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection" In reply to: Gail Waldby: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection" Next in thread: Efrain Ramirez: "Re: GEN: Antibiotic Selection"

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