721: BODY MASS INDEX-BASED HEPARIN THROMBOEMBOLISM PROPHYLAXIS IN PATIENTS WITH HEMORRHAGIC STROKE
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DOI: 10.1097/01.ccm.0000626624.03020.38
Abstract: Introduction/Hypothesis: Venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis dosing strategies in the neurocritically ill are not well defined. The utilization of a body mass index (BMI) dosing strategy for VTE pharmacoprophylaxis is unknown in patients with hemorrhagic strokes.… read more here.
Keywords: prophylaxis patients; mass index; bmi dosing; vte prophylaxis ... See more keywords
Levofloxacin prophylaxis vs no prophylaxis in patients with neutropenia within an endemic country for carbapenem-resistant GNB
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DOI: 10.1182/bloodadvances.2022008226
Abstract: Key Points • Given a growing antimicrobial resistance, the utility of fluoroquinolones prophylaxis in neutropenic transplant recipients is controversial.• Prophylaxis is preventive for blood-stream infection, not for mortality; its discontinuation concurred to reduce antimicrobial resistance. read more here.
Keywords: prophylaxis prophylaxis; prophylaxis patients; levofloxacin prophylaxis; patients neutropenia ... See more keywords