Optimizing Vancomycin Dosing for Peri-operative Prophylaxis in High-risk Orthopedic Surgery Patients: Time for A ChangeMarco R. Scipione, PharmD
Clean-contaminated or clean plastic surgery procedures with risk factorsAlternative agent (in combination with an aminoglycoside, aztreonam, or fluoroquinolone) for surgical prophylaxis in patients who have a beta-lactam allergy and are undergoing:Gastro...
The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP), Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA), Surgical Infection Society (SIS), and Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) have published a joint guideline on antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery....
The publication of these cases led to extreme concern regarding the use of this medication for endophthalmitis prophylaxis in cataract surgery, and the ASCRS and the American Society of Retina Specialists (ASRS) formed a joint Hemorrhagic Occlusive Retinal Vasculitis (HORV) Task Force to analyze these...
15 mg/kg IV over 1-2 hours; begin administration within 2 hours before incision; duration of prophylaxis for most procedures should be less than 24 hours Dosing Modifications Renal impairment Mild-to-severe: Initial dose should be no less than 15 mg/kg ...
intracameral or intravitreal administration of vancomycin during or after cataract surgery. The safety and efficacy of vancomycin administered by the intracameral or intravitreal route have not been established by adequate and well-controlled studies. Vancomycin is not indicated for prophylaxis of ...
intracameral or intravitreal administration of vancomycin during or after cataract surgery. The safety and efficacy of vancomycin administered by the intracameral or intravitreal route have not been established by adequate and well-controlled studies. Vancomycin is not indicated for prophylaxis of ...
Local antimicrobial prophylaxis in cataract surgery: recent controversies and clinical guidelines. The best prevention of endophthamitis is the use of strict surgical hygiene. Supplementing the irrigating solution with aminoglycosides and/or vancomycin i... JP Adenis,PY Robert - 《Ophthalmologica》 被...
Vancomycin utilisation has increased dramatically in the last 10 years due to the increasing clinical significance of infections with methicillin-resistant
C. (1983). Vancomycin prophylaxis in cardiac operations: determina- tion of an optimal dosage regimen. Journal of Thoracic and Cardio- vascular Surgery 85, 933-5.Farber BF, Karchmer A W , Buckley MJ, et al. Vancomycin prophylaxis in cardiac operations: determination ofan optimal dosage ...