Prophylactic Antibiotics Useful With Antibiotic Impregnated External Ventricular Drains (EVDs)?

Summary

The principal objective of this study is to compare the incidence of ventriculostomy related infections (VRIs) in patients who receive twenty-four hours of antibiotics, beginning no more than sixty minutes prior to EVD placement, to the incidence of VRIs in patients who also receive a pre-procedural dose of antibiotics with continued dosing of antibiotics for the duration of the external ventricular drain (EVD). At this time, the duration of prophylactic antibiotic use with antibiotic impregnated EVDs is unknown.

Timeline

Start

2021-06-14

Primary completion

2026-06

Completion

2026-06

Publications

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• Background Lozier AP, Sciacca RR, Romagnoli MF, Connolly ES Jr. Ventriculostomy-related infections: a critical review of the literature. Neurosurgery. 2002 Jul;51(1):170-81; discussion 181-2. doi: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00024.
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• Background Mayhall CG, Archer NH, Lamb VA, Spadora AC, Baggett JW, Ward JD, Narayan RK. Ventriculostomy-related infections. A prospective epidemiologic study. N Engl J Med. 1984 Mar 1;310(9):553-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM198403013100903.
• Background Wong GK, Poon WW. Ventriculostomy infections. J Neurosurg. 2006 Sep;105(3):506-7; author reply 507. doi: 10.3171/jns.2006.105.3.506. No abstract available.
• Background Poblete R, Zheng L, Raghavan R, Cen S, Amar A, Sanossian N, Mack W, Kim-Tenser M. Trends in Ventriculostomy-Associated Infections and Mortality in Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Data From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. World Neurosurg. 2017 Mar;99:599-604. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2016.12.073. Epub 2016 Dec 27.
• Background Camacho EF, Boszczowski I, Basso M, Jeng BC, Freire MP, Guimaraes T, Teixeira MJ, Costa SF. Infection rate and risk factors associated with infections related to external ventricular drain. Infection. 2011 Feb;39(1):47-51. doi: 10.1007/s15010-010-0073-5. Epub 2011 Jan 25.

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