Cessation of Antibiotics for Complicated Appendicitis at Discharge Does Not Increase Risk of Post-operative Infection.

Autor: Russell KW; Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Skarda DE; Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Jones TW; Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Barnhart DC; Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA., Short SS; Division of Pediatric Surgery, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. Electronic address: Scott.Short@hsc.utah.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of pediatric surgery [J Pediatr Surg] 2024 Jan; Vol. 59 (1), pp. 91-95. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Sep 26.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2023.09.023
Abstrakt: Purpose: The utilization of home antibiotic therapy following surgery for complicated pediatric appendicitis is highly variable. In 2019, we stopped home antibiotic therapy in this cohort at our institution. We sought to evaluate our outcomes following this protocol change.
Methods: We queried our institutional NSQIP Pediatrics data for all children undergoing appendectomy for complicated appendicitis between January 2015 and May 2022. We identified two cohorts: those discharged with home antibiotics (1/1/15-4/30/19) and those discharged with no home antibiotics (5/1/19-4/30/22). Both groups were treated with response based parenteral antibiotics while hospitalized and discharged when clinically well. Our primary outcome was postoperative deep organ space infection requiring intervention (drainage, aspiration, reoperation, or antibiotics). Secondary outcomes included length of stay, superficial site infection, Clostridium difficile colitis, ER visits, post-operative CT imaging, and readmission.
Results: There were 185 patients in the home antibiotic group (83% discharged with antibiotics) and 121 patients in the no home antibiotic group (8.3% discharged with antibiotics). There were no significant differences in deep organ space infection requiring intervention (7% vs. 7.4%, p = 1.0). Our length of stay was not different (4.5 days vs. 3.95 days, p = 0.32), nor were other secondary outcomes or patient characteristics. All patients had documented follow-up.
Conclusions: We did not identify differences in deep organ space infections, length of stay or other events after eliminating home antibiotic therapy in our complicated appendicitis cohort. The use of home antibiotics following surgery for complicated appendicitis should be reconsidered.
Level of Evidence: III.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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