Publication: Prescribing regimens of prophylactic antibiotic used in different surgeries
Date
2004
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Kathmandu University
Abstract
Aim and Objective: The main objective was to study the different types of regimen of prophylactic antibiotic in
different surgeries in hospitals of western region, particularly, Pokhara valley and the hospitals were Western
Regional Hospital (WRH) and Manipal Teaching Hospital (MTH).
Methodology: A descriptive, quantitative, retrospective study were used to evaluate the patients’ undergone surgery
in the year 2059 BS (15 th April 2002 – 14 th April 2003). The total of 950 patients, 450 from WRH and 500 from
MTH were taken from the medical record for the study. Data about different types of prophylactic antibiotic
regimen was collected.
Conclusion: The most common surgery in MTH is dilatation and curettage (D and C) and in WRH is caesarean
section (CS). In both hospitals Ampicillin+Cloxacillin was the most commonly used regimen, 12.4% in WRH and
34% in MTH. In WRH ciprofloxacin and cefotaxime was also used by 12.4%. Ciprofloxacin and gentamicin (12%)
combination was the third commonly used regimen in WRH where as ciprofloxacin (28.4%), Ampi+Cloxa and
gentamicin (22.4%) in MTH.
Key words: Antibiotic prophylaxis, Surgery