A randomized controlled double blind trial comparing the effects of the prophylactic antibiotic, Cefazolin, administered at caesarean delivery at two different timings (before skin incision and after cord clamping) on both the mother and newborn

BACKGROUND: Caesarean delivery (CD) increases the risk of postpartum infection by 5 to 20 fold. Prevention of surgical site infection (SSI) is the goal of antibiotic prophylaxis. This study was carried out to assess the optimum timing for prophylactic antibiotic administration and to assess the amou...

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Autores principales: Jyothirmayi, Chinta Annie, Halder, Ajay, Yadav, Bijesh, Samuel, Santosh Thomas, Kuruvilla, Anil, Jose, Ruby
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5627463/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28974203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12884-017-1526-y

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