Combined tinidazole and doxycycline short term chemotherapeutic prophylaxis in gastro-intestinal surgery. 1980

K E Giercksky, and E Christiansen, and L Berge, and J Fuglesang, and J A Johnson

Infectious complications following gastro-intestinal surgery can be reduced with properly administered antimicrobial agents. One single preoperative dose of doxycyline (200 mg) and tinidazole (2 g) gave a highly significant reduction of infectious complications in a controlled clinical study of 307 patients undergoing elective gastro-intestinal surgery.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D009593 Nitroimidazoles IMIDAZOLES having a nitro moiety. Nitroimidazole
D011292 Premedication Preliminary administration of a drug preceding a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure. The commonest types of premedication are antibiotics (ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS) and anti-anxiety agents. It does not include PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION. Premedications
D011300 Preoperative Care Care given during the period prior to undergoing surgery when psychological and physical preparations are made according to the special needs of the individual patient. This period spans the time between admission to the hospital to the time the surgery begins. (From Dictionary of Health Services Management, 2d ed) Care, Preoperative,Preoperative Procedure,Preoperative Procedures,Procedure, Preoperative,Procedures, Preoperative
D011897 Random Allocation A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects. Randomization,Allocation, Random
D002986 Clinical Trials as Topic Works about pre-planned studies of the safety, efficacy, or optimum dosage schedule (if appropriate) of one or more diagnostic, therapeutic, or prophylactic drugs, devices, or techniques selected according to predetermined criteria of eligibility and observed for predefined evidence of favorable and unfavorable effects. This concept includes clinical trials conducted both in the U.S. and in other countries. Clinical Trial as Topic
D004318 Doxycycline A synthetic tetracycline derivative with similar antimicrobial activity. 2-Naphthacenecarboxamide, 4-(dimethylamino)-1,4,4a,5,5a,6,11,12a-octahydro-3,5,10,12,12a-pentahydroxy-6-methyl-1,11-dioxo-, (4S-(4alpha,4aalpha,5alpha,5aalpha,6alpha,12aalpha))-,Alpha-6-Deoxyoxytetracycline,Atridox,BMY-28689,BU-3839T,Doryx,Doxycycline Calcium,Doxycycline Calcium Salt (1:2),Doxycycline Hemiethanolate,Doxycycline Hyclate,Doxycycline Monohydrate,Doxycycline Monohydrochloride, 6-epimer,Doxycycline Monohydrochloride, Dihydrate,Doxycycline Phosphate (1:1),Doxycycline-Chinoin,Hydramycin,Oracea,Periostat,Vibra-Tabs,Vibramycin,Vibramycin Novum,Vibravenos,Alpha 6 Deoxyoxytetracycline,BMY 28689,BMY28689,BU 3839T,BU3839T,Doxycycline Chinoin,Doxycycline Monohydrochloride, 6 epimer,Vibra Tabs
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013505 Digestive System Surgical Procedures Surgery performed on the digestive system or its parts. Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedures,Digestive System Surgical Procedure,Gastrointestinal Surgical Procedure,Procedure, Digestive System Surgical,Procedure, Gastrointestinal Surgical,Procedures, Digestive System Surgical,Procedures, Gastrointestinal Surgical,Surgical Procedure, Digestive System,Surgical Procedure, Gastrointestinal,Surgical Procedures, Digestive System,Surgical Procedures, Gastrointestinal

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