Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases. Disease and disability are affected by environmental...

antibiotics). Antibiotic prophylaxis in domestic animal feed mixes has been employed in America since at least 1970. Antibiotic prophylaxis is most commonly used...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing...

Pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention, commonly known as PrEP, is the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS by people...

Prophylaxis in medicine means measures taken to prevent, rather than treat, diseases. Prophylaxis or prophylactic may also refer to: Dental prophylaxis...

Post-exposure prophylaxis, also known as post-exposure prevention (PEP), is any preventive medical treatment started after exposure to a pathogen in order...

In chess, prophylaxis consists of a move or series of moves done by a player to prevent their opponent from taking some action. Such preventive moves...

Malaria prophylaxis is the preventive treatment of malaria. Several malaria vaccines are under development. For pregnant women who are living in malaria...

antitoxin induced passive immunity in humans, and could be used for prophylaxis and treatment. Tetanus toxoid vaccine was developed by P. Descombey in...

), "Gonorrheal ophthalmia neonatorum: Historic impact of Credé's eye prophylaxis", Pediatric Infectious Diseases Revisited, Birkhäuser Advances in Infectious...

crises, pre-exposure prophylaxis might be warranted if sufficient supplies of antimicrobials are available. Postexposure prophylaxis should be considered...

Central Nervous System Prophylaxis, or CNS prophylaxis, is a type of chemotherapy for patients at risk of cancer metastasis into the central nervous system...

and How It Works". WebMD. Retrieved 2022-11-21. "PEP (post-exposure prophylaxis)". CDC.gov. CDC. May 25, 2021. "Definitions - Point-of-care testing"...

levels of plaque when compared to flossing. Teeth cleaning (also known as prophylaxis, literally a preventive treatment of a disease) is a procedure for the...

Dental antibiotic prophylaxis is the administration of antibiotics to a dental patient for prevention of harmful consequences of bacteremia, that may...

Postpartum RhIG should be administered within 72 hours of delivery. If prophylaxis is delayed, the likelihood that alloimmunization will be prevented is...

Thrombosis prevention is also recommended during air travel. Thrombosis prophylaxis is effective in preventing the formation of blood clots, their lodging...

overall effectiveness of condoms to as low as 60–70%".p. 40. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (often abbreviated as PrEP) is the use of prescription drugs by those...

The International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP), also known as the Carte Jaune or Yellow Card, is an official vaccination report created...

performed prophylactically on patients without periodontal disease. A prophylaxis refers to scaling and polishing of the teeth in order to prevent oral...

globulin (HBIG) effectively prevents hepatitis B infection. Antibody prophylaxis of both hepatitis A and B has largely been supplanted by the introduction...

Lamaze International, formerly the American Society for Psychoprophylaxis in Obstetrics or ASPO, is an organization dedicated to promoting the Lamaze technique...

has also become more acceptable since the introduction of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). One of the most popular forms of PrEP is Truvada, a medication...

medical research areas include the topics of pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis, and circumcision and HIV. Public health officials, researchers...

does not constitute an exposure and does not require post-exposure prophylaxis. But as the virus is present in sperm and vaginal secretions, it might...

"Metallopeptidase activities in hereditary angioedema: effect of androgen prophylaxis on plasma aminopeptidase P". The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology...

endocarditis are streptococcus sanguinis. Historically, the use of antibiotic prophylaxis to prevent post-operative infections, resulting from bacteraemia, and...

embolism prophylaxis in bed-ridden patients DVT prophylaxis in knee replacement surgery DVT prophylaxis in hip replacement surgery DVT prophylaxis in abdominal...

pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in at-risk people under the brand name Apretude. In September 2023, it was approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis in the European...

is a monoclonal antibody medication authorized for the pre-exposure prophylaxis (prevention) of COVID‑19. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued...