Tag: Antibiotics

Utility of Antibiotics in Abscess Management – Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

by Anand Swaminathan posted April 2, 2018 No Comments

Background: Skin and soft tissue abscesses are a common emergency department (ED) presentation. The approach to management has changed little in recent decades: incision and drainage (I+D) and then discharge home with follow up. However, increasing rates of methicillin-resistant staph aureus …

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Do Patients with Epistaxis Managed by Nasal Packing Require Prophylactic Antibiotics?

by Anand Swaminathan posted March 30, 2015 No Comments

Epistaxis is a common Emergency Department (ED) complaint with over 450,000 visits per year and a lifetime incidence of 60% (Gifford 2008, Pallin 2005). Posterior epistaxis is considerably less common than anterior epistaxis and represents about 5-10% of all presentations. …

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