ONE DOSE CEFUROXIME PROPHYLAXIS IN HIP FRACTURE SURGERY

Authors
KAUKONEN JP KEMPPAINEN E MAKIJARVI J TUOMINEN T
Citation
Jp. Kaukonen et al., ONE DOSE CEFUROXIME PROPHYLAXIS IN HIP FRACTURE SURGERY, Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae, 84(4), 1995, pp. 417-419
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Obsetric & Gynecology",Surgery
Journal title
Annales chirurgiae et gynaecologiae → ACNP
ISSN journal
03559521
Volume
84
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
417 - 419
Database
ISI
SICI code
0355-9521(1995)84:4<417:ODCPIH>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
One 3 g intravenous dose of cefuroxime during the induction of anaesth esia was administered randomly in a series of 162 consecutive hip frac tures. The overall infection rate was 8.0 %, and 2.4 % for deep infect ions. The number of infections was seven in the prophylaxis group and six in the control group. The percentage of deep infections was 3.9 an d 1.4, correspondingly. Antibiotic prophylaxis given did not seem to h ave an effect on the infection rate.