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SUBMITTER: Chang TS
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7034903 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Chang Te-Sheng TS Tsai Ying-Huang YH Lin Yi-Heng YH Chen Chun-Hsien CH Lu Chung-Kuang CK Huang Wen-Shih WS Yang Yao-Hsu YH Chen Wei-Ming WM Hsieh Yung-Yu YY Wu Yu-Chih YC Tung Shui-Yi SY Huang Yen-Hua YH
PloS one 20200221 2
Current guidelines recommend antibiotic prophylaxis for all patients with various degrees of cirrhosis and upper gastrointestinal (UGI) bleeding. This study assessed the need for antibiotic prophylaxis in patients with low Child-Pugh scores. We retrospectively screened all patients with cirrhosis who underwent upper endoscopies for UGI bleeding in a referral hospital in Taiwan between 2003 and 2014, from which 913 patients were enrolled after excluding patients with active bacterial infections, ...[more]