Prophylactic measures against

Glasser and co-workers regarded the highest possible removal of viscoelastic substance from the eye as a prophylactic measure against raised postoperative intraocular pressure (1986 Fig. 58). 

Shakhar G, Ben-Eliyahu S (2003) Potential prophylactic measures against postoperative immunosuppression could they reduce recurrence rates in oncological patients Ann Surg Oncol 10 972-992... 

The 4-lb bombs were loaded, 106 at a time, into 500-lb aircraft cluster bombs. Twenty cluster bombs were regarded as enough to knock out a flying bomb site, 1,000 would contaminate a small island , z,ooo a large town of twenty-five square miles. Both the British and the German civilian populations were defenceless against anthrax to which there was no known prophylactic measure . 

Unlike chemical agents, toxins differ widely in their mechanisms of action. The medical protection of soldiers is therefore difficult seldom will a vaccine or therapy be effective against more than one toxin. (Note We can prepare for a battlefield threat—unlike a terrorist threat—by developing specific medical countermeasures. Vaccines and other prophylactic measures can be given before combat, and therapies can be kept at the ready.) Countermeasures are discussed in general later in this chapter and in detail in specific agent chapters in this textbook. 

Some preventive measures against DVT after ACL reconstmction have been recommended, such as use of elastic stockings and prophylactic use of low molecular weight heparin, but no consensus has been reached [63, 64]. When DVT occurs, anticoagulant therapy, thrombolytic therapy, and vascular interventional radiology performed by specialists should be started promptly. In addition, lung contrast CT and other tests should be performed to detect pulmonary infarction. 

Medical Prophylactic and Treatment Measures Against BW Agents... 

As intensified animal production continues to increase, the genetic selection of animals more suited to these production systems together with the prophylactic use of drugs as a precaution against infection has also increased. In particular with the intensification of poultry meat and pig meat production systems where there is a high risk of infection that can be rapidly transmitted, drugs are often administered as a preventative measure. 

Hygiene In the case of potential infectiosity, all necessary hygiene measures should be observed, if necessary in consultation with the Public Health Department. This especially applies to the work environment and to the question of active vaccination of family members or close contact persons against HBV (= prophylactic vaccination ring), (s. pp 422, 435)... 

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