Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
University of Calgary
$1,000.00
Antibiotic Prophylaxis In Acute Ischemic And Hemorrhagic Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
EF 2016-17
Résumé
Stroke patients are doing worse if they have infections while being in the hospital. Different clinical trials in the past have tried to find out if it is helpful to give those patients antibiotics even before an infection occurs. We have analyzed all of these trials together and thus had information of more than 4000 patients available. We found that giving antibiotics early does neither help to avoid infections nor does is change how likely it is to die from the stroke and its consequences within 90 days. Based on our results we cannot recommend giving antibiotics to stroke patients early.
Programme
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Alberta, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
Tel que publié
Id
364655
Name
Zerna Charlotte
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Theme2
Clinical
Prcname2
Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health
Projecttitle
Antibiotic Prophylaxis In Acute Ischemic And Hemorrhagic Stroke Patients: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
University of Calgary
Cihramount2
$1,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Keyworddelim
Ics Travel Awards
Abstract
Stroke patients are doing worse if they have infections while being in the hospital. Different clinical trials in the past have tried to find out if it is helpful to give those patients antibiotics even before an infection occurs. We have analyzed all of these trials together and thus had information of more than 4000 patients available. We found that giving antibiotics early does neither help to avoid infections nor does is change how likely it is to die from the stroke and its consequences within 90 days. Based on our results we cannot recommend giving antibiotics to stroke patients early.
Competitiondate
201701
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Zerna, Charlotte
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Circ &Respiratory Hlth~ $1,000~ $0~
