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Do you routinely give prophylactic antibiotics prior to ERCP for biliary obstruction in light of recent studies suggesting a reduction of periprocedural infection?

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Hospital Medicine · UT Health San Antonio

I did not use to give antibiotics routinely prior to ERCP, and it seemed post-ERCP antibiotics were given at the discretion of the advanced endoscopist, but the results of this meta-analysis will likely change my practice so that I'll give all patients a dose of Ceftriaxone prior to the procedure to...

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