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Re: prom From: Andrew Folley (agfolley@hotmail.com) Fri Jun 8 10:32:11 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Lynn Montgomery: "Re: 17 oh progesterone" Previous message: Ariel Fishman: "I want to interview you about Managed Care" In reply to: Charlie Chambers: "prom" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: prom" Reply: Charlie Chambers: "Re: prom" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: prom" Charlie I have been struggling with this for some time as well. After reading and consulting MFMs etc this is the best I can come up with: 1. do cultures of vagina when they present for GBS 2. Start antibiotic prophylaxis cochrane recommends Ampicillin IV q 6 and emycin po 3. Stop antibiotics if cultures are negative 4. continue of positive for GBS for 7 days and stop 5. Restart antibiotics if patient goes into labor no matter what 6. supposedly the antibiotics will prolong latency period and help the steroids to work. 7. also supposedly any antibiotic will work. MFMs in Toledo just give Ampiciillin 8. Literature clear about NOT giving Augmentin due to increased risk of NEC I will be curious as to what input is from others. andy >From: Charlie Chambers <ricechaz@earthlink.net> >Reply-To: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net >To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L <ob-gyn-l@dns.obgyn.net> >Subject: prom >Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2007 10:02:01 -0500 > >Question to the group to achieve some sort of consensus: in premature >rupture of membranes, what are the opinions of starting antibiotics? Wait >for fever, start if delivery is not anticipated or achieved, any other >guidelines? We're trying to come up with some guidelines, and after >discussion, all of us are all over the map. > >Thanks > >************************************************************************ >**** >Charlie Chambers >Hood River, OR >cchamber@alumni.rice.edu > >"Almost anything you do will seem insignificant but it is very important >that you do it....You must be the change you wish to see in the world" > -- Mahatma Ghandi. >************************************************************************ >******* > > Next message: Lynn Montgomery: "Re: 17 oh progesterone" Previous message: Ariel Fishman: "I want to interview you about Managed Care" In reply to: Charlie Chambers: "prom" Next in thread: Charlie Chambers: "Re: prom" Reply: Charlie Chambers: "Re: prom" Reply: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: prom"

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