Inpatient procedures are ones that require one to two days of inpatient hospital recovery. Hysterectomies can be performed four ways: This procedure involves the use of a robot to assist in the surgical removal of the uterus.
Answer: Ceftin(cefuroxime axetil) is a semi-synthetic cephalosporin type antibiotic. These are structurally similar to penicillin, although there is only about a 5-10% cross reactivity in terms of allergy. Ceftin is very effective against gram negative organisms and has fairly good gram positive coverage.
Ceftin is a prodrug, which means that the body converts Ceftin (cefuroxime axetil) into its active form (cefuroxime). Cefuroxime by itself is used as an injectable antibiotic, but it is not absorbed into the bloodstream well when taken in an oral form.