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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-0099</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Cirujano general]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Cir. gen]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-0099</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Asociación Mexicana de Cirugía General A.C.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1405-00992018000400262</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Empleo de antibióticos en el postoperatorio de apendicitis aguda: revisión de la literatura]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Antibiotic uses in the postoperative of acute appendicitis: review of literature]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Hernández-Cortez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jorge]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[García-Matus]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rómulo Rolando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Martínez-Luna]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Silvia]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Guzmán-Ortiz]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Jesús David]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Palomeque-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio]]></given-names>
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<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Cruz-López]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Néstor]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Medina Fernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura Gabriela]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital General &#8220;Dr. Aurelio Valdivieso&#8221; División de Cirugía ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oaxaca ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Regional de Alta Especialidad de Oaxaca División de Oncología Quirúrgica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Oaxaca ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>262</fpage>
<lpage>269</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-00992018000400262&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El uso de antibióticos en los pacientes operados por apendicitis aguda tiene como fin prevenir las complicaciones sépticas de la apendicitis y dentro de éstas, la infección de sitio quirúrgico es la más común, por esta razón, los antibióticos son una medida prioritaria en el postoperatorio de estos pacientes. A pesar de lo anteriormente descrito el uso de antibióticos en los pacientes apendicectomizados ha cambiado desde su introducción, por lo que actualmente existen distintos estudios que evalúan su utilidad y asociación con infecciones de vías urinarias, neumonía, etc., que incrementan la morbilidad del paciente y por tanto, su estancia hospitalaria. El propósito de la siguiente revisión es exponer los distintos resultados de los estudios revisados.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The use of antibiotics in patients operated on for acute appendicitis is a behavior in order to prevent the septic complications of appendicitis and within these the surgical site infection is the most common, for this reason, antibiotics are a priority measure in the postoperative of these patients. Despite the above, the use of antibiotics in appendectomized patients has changed since its introduction, which is why there are currently different studies evaluating the usefulness of these and their association with urinary tract infection, pneumonia, etc., which increases the morbidity of the patient and therefore his hospital stay. The purpose of the following review is to present the different results of such studies.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Apendicitis aguda]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis perforada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicitis no perforada]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[antibióticos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[apendicetomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[profilaxis antibiótica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[infección de sitio quirúrgico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Acute appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[perforated appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[non perforated appendicitis]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[antibiotics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[appendicectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[prophylactic antibiotics]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[surgical site infection]]></kwd>
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