Postdischarge antibiotic use for prophylaxis following spinal fusion.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite recommendations to discontinue prophylactic antibiotics after incision closure or <24 hours after surgery, prophylactic antibiotics are continued after discharge by some clinicians. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and factors associated with postdischarge prophylactic antibiotic use after spinal fusion.

Design

Multicenter retrospective cohort study.

Patients

This study included patients aged ≥18 years undergoing spinal fusion or refusion between July 2011 and June 2015 at 3 sites. Patients with an infection during the surgical admission were excluded.

Methods

Prophylactic antibiotics were identified at discharge. Factors associated with postdischarge prophylactic antibiotic use were identified using hierarchical gen

SUBMITTER: Warren DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7641990 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature