Perioperative Antibiotic Choices for Surgical Prophylaxis in Penicillin-allergic Pediatric Patients

Joseph D. Tobias

Status: Completed

Conditions: Penicillin Allergy

Treatments: Drug: Antibiotic

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02036840

IRB11-00822

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed research project will retrospectively review the anesthetic records over the past 5 years and identify patients who present with a history of penicillin allergy or allergy to an antibiotic in the penicillin family. The reason for that history and the facts on which that allergy are noted will be determined. Additionally, the choice of antibiotic prophylaxis will be recorded and any adverse effect to that antibiotic noted. We will also note whether appropriate timing of the antibiotic is achieved.

Enrollment: 513 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients that are labeled as penicillin or penicillin family allergic.

Exclusion criteria

• As neurosurgical patients routinely receive vancomycin at NCH for surgical prophylaxis, they will be excluded from the study.

Trial design

513 participants in 1 patient group

Penicillin allergy

Treatment:

Drug: Antibiotic