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Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts! From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com) Wed Nov 28 16:56:52 2007 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: No Posts!" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: No Posts!" Maybe in reply to: Dean Huffman .: "No Posts!" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Reply: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Reply: Myer Bornstein: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Maybe reply: RModugno@aol.com: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" What is your infection rate on elective sections who don't get antibiotics? If it is less than 5%, giving prophylactic antibiotics is probably not justified. In a healthy upper S-E population, and with a surgeon who handles tissue gently and hardly ever takes more than 25 minutes, less than 5% puerperal morbidity should be expected without antibiotics. Dan On Nov 28, 2007 5:10 PM, Andrew Folley <agfolley@hotmail.com> wrote: > No we do not. My understanding is it is not necessary. However we are > doing surgical antibiotic prophylaxis on all c-sections elective and > emergency. agf > > <http://www.windowslive.com/connect.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Wave2_newways_112007> > -- R. Daniel Braun, MD FACOG(L) CMT Professor Emeritus Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology Indiana U. School of Medicine R. Daniel Braun "Science without Religion is LAME; Religion without Science is BLIND" Einstein 1941 Next message: Garry E. Siegel, M.D.: "Re: No Posts!" Previous message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: No Posts!" Maybe in reply to: Dean Huffman .: "No Posts!" Next in thread: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Reply: Dr Eberhard Lisse: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Reply: Myer Bornstein: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!" Maybe reply: RModugno@aol.com: "Re: Prophy ABX for Elective C/S was Re: No Posts!"

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