[EMPIRICAL ANTIBACTERIAL PROPHYLAXIS IN EMERGENCY SURGERY].

The main principles of selecting antibacterial drugs for prophylactic therapy of patients prior to surgery of gastrointestinal tract, vessels, skin, and soft tissues are considered. Special attention is devoted to antibacterial prophylaxis in co-morbid patients, in particular those with chronic renal insufficiency, chronic liver disorder, decompensated diabetes mellitus, and allergy to beta-lactam antibiotics. All proposed schemes are optimized with respect to three criteria: clinical effectiveness, economic feasibility, and epidemiologic safety (stopping the selection of poly-resistant microbial families).