PEDIATRICS Vol. 69 No. 1 January 1982, pp. 1-3
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Prophylactic Antibiotics in Pediatric Surgery

Richard W. Kesler MD1, Linda J. Guhlow RN, MSN1, and Frank T. Saulsbury MD1

1 Departments of Pediatrics and Nursing, University of Virginia Medical Center, Charlottesville

The frequency and appropriateness of prophylactic antibiotic use in children less than 6 years of age who received surgery were examined. Antibiotics were prescribed for 62% of children who had surgery, and prophylaxis was the sole reason for antibiotic use in 73% of the patients. Prophylactic antibiotics were administered inappropriately with respect to timing or duration to 42% of the children receiving preoperative prophylaxis, 67% receiving intraoperative prophylaxis, and 55% receiving postoperative prophylaxis. Thus, prophylaxis alone is the major indication for antibiotic use in pediatric surgical patients, and prophylactic antibiotics are frequently administered inappropriately.

Submitted on March 24, 1981
Accepted on May 4, 1981




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