Abstract

CRUZ-ALVAREZ CANTOS, Iván; CRESPO BARRIOS, Ana Ivis  and  PRADO GONZALEZ, Leticia. A new treatment scheme for use of Gentamicin in children operated on. Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2010, vol.44, n.1, pp.49-57. ISSN 0034-7515.

OBJECTIVE. To assess the effectiveness of some treatment schemes using Gentamicin in children operated on of acute apendicitis. METHODS. An open, controlled and non-random study was conducted it was divided into three stages analyzing in each two group of patients. In each stage postsurgical infectious complications were investigated. In study were included the children operated on acute appendicitis at "Juan M. Márquez" University Children Hospital from January, 1993 to December, 2008 with independent paired samples in 4 groups of patients: 595 (G1), 522 (G2), 420 (G3) AND 973 (G4), respectively. RESULTS. The complications rate was of 15.1% in G1; of 13.8 % in G2, of 13.1% in G3, and of 11.6% in G4. CONCLUSIONS. All treatment schemes had a similar efficacy validating the proposed scheme.

Keywords : Gentamicin; mono-dose; pediatric surgery.

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