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    Guía de práctica clínica de profilaxis antibiótica en procedimientos quirúrgicos

    Las infecciones del sitio quirúrgico (ISQ) son una causa común de infección intrahospitalaria(1). Se define como una infección relacionada con un procedimiento quirúrgico aquella que ocurre en o cerca de la incisión quirúrgica dentro de los 30 días del procedimiento o dentro de 90 días si se imp...

    Centers for disease control and prevention guideline for the prevention of surgical site infection, 2017

    JAMA Surg; 152 (8), 2017
    IMPORTANCE: The human and financial costs of treating surgical site infections (SSIs) are increasing. The number of surgical procedures performed in the United States continues to rise, and surgical patients are initially seen with increasingly complex comorbidities. It is estimated that approximately ha...

    Recommendations of «not-to-do»: Proposals of the Spanish Association of Surgeons to the project «Commitment to quality of scientific societies»

    Cir. Esp; 94 (8), 2016
    "INTRODUCTION: The initiative of the Spanish Ministry of Health «Commitment to quality of scientific societies», aims to reduce unnecessary interventions of healthcare professionals. METHODS: The Spanish Association of Surgeons has selected 22 experts from the different sections that have participated...

    Prophylaxis against infective endocarditis: antimicrobial prophylaxis against infective endocarditis in adults and children undergoing interventional procedures. Last updated: 2016

    This guideline covers preventing infective endocarditis (IE) in children, young people and adults. It focuses on people at increased risk of infective endocarditis undergoing dental, gastrointestinal tract, genitourinary and respiratory tract procedures....

    Consensus guidelines for enhanced recovery after gastrectomy: Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS®) Society recommendations

    Br. j. surg; 101 (10), 2014
    "BACKGROUND: Application of evidence-based perioperative care protocols reduces complication rates, accelerates recovery and shortens hospital stay. Presently, there are no comprehensive guidelines for perioperative care for gastrectomy. METHODS: An international working group within the Enhanced Recove...

    Meningitis outbreak response in sub-Saharan Africa: WHO guideline

    For over 100 years, major epidemics of meningococcal disease have occurred every few years within the African meningitis belt, which runs across the continent from Senegal to Ethiopia. The objectives of this review were to revise WHO guidelines on control of epidemic meningitis in subSaharan Africa conce...