1582. Is Antibiotic Prophylaxis Needed for All Acute Variceal Bleeds in Decompensated Cirrhosis? A Retrospective Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Guidelines recommend empiric antibiotic prophylaxis for acute variceal bleeding, but no studies compare the outcomes between those treated with guideline recommended duration and those not treated (low suspicion) or treatment duration truncated (negative work up). We hypothesized that ou...

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Autores principales: Thyssen, Emil, Hensel, Drew, Nolan, Nathanial, Whitt, Stevan, Regunath, Hariharan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253076/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1410

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6253076/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy210.1410

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