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Efficacy of an intraperitoneal antibiotic to reduce the incidence of infection in the trauma patient: a prospective, randomized study.

AbstractBACKGROUND:
Antibiotic therapy in patients with blunt trauma remains an area of investigation. This study was undertaken in trauma patients evaluated with diagnostic peritoneal lavage to determine the effect of an intraperitoneal antibiotic on the following factors: infectious complications, length of hospital stay, and mortality.
METHODS:
A prospective, randomized double-blinded study compared using either 500 mg of intraperitoneal kanamycin or a saline control in 69 adult trauma patients requiring diagnostic peritoneal lavage was conducted over a 24-month period. Advanced trauma life support indications for performing diagnostic peritoneal lavage were used. Patients were randomized to receive 50 mL of solution intraperitoneally through a lavage catheter and were evaluated for all septic complications, length of hospital stay, and outcome.
RESULTS:
Over a 24-month period, 40 patients received kanamycin, and 29 patients received a placebo. Of patients receiving kanamycin, 27.5 percent experienced infectious complications compared to 65.5 percent of the control patients (p = 0.001, chi-square analysis). The average length of stay in the intensive care unit was 4.18 days in the kanamycin group and 6.96 days in the control group (p = 0.04, chi-square analysis). The average length of stay was 12.32 days for patients receiving kanamycin and 17.36 days for the control group (p = 0.03, chi-square analysis). The mortality rate for each group was 13 percent.
CONCLUSIONS:
Intraperitoneal kanamycin given to trauma patients requiring diagnostic peritoneal lavage within the first three hours following injury reduces the incidence of infectious complications and shortens intensive care unit and hospital stay.
AuthorsJ A Yelon, J D Green, J T Evans
JournalJournal of the American College of Surgeons (J Am Coll Surg) Vol. 182 Issue 6 Pg. 509-14 (Jun 1996) ISSN: 1072-7515 [Print] United States
PMID8646351 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Randomized Controlled Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Kanamycin
Topics
  • Abdominal Injuries (drug therapy, mortality)
  • Adult
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents (administration & dosage)
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis
  • Bacterial Infections (diagnosis, prevention & control)
  • Cross Infection (etiology, prevention & control)
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intraperitoneal
  • Kanamycin (administration & dosage)
  • Length of Stay (statistics & numerical data)
  • Male
  • Peritoneal Lavage
  • Prospective Studies
  • Survival Rate
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Wounds, Nonpenetrating (drug therapy, mortality)

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