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- R F Lamont, J D Sobel, J P Kusanovic, E Vaisbuch, S Mazaki-Tovi, S K Kim, N Uldbjerg, and R Romero.
- Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA. rlamont@med.wayne.edu
- BJOG. 2011 Jan 1;118(2):193-201.
AbstractCaesarean delivery is frequently complicated by surgical site infections, endometritis and urinary tract infection. Most surgical site infections occur after discharge from the hospital, and are increasingly being used as performance indicators. Worldwide, the rate of caesarean delivery is increasing. Evidence-based guidelines recommended the use of prophylactic antibiotics before surgical incision. An exception is made for caesarean delivery, where narrow-range antibiotics are administered after umbilical cord clamping because of putative neonatal benefit. However, recent evidence supports the use of pre-incision, broad-spectrum antibiotics, which result in a lower rate of maternal morbidity with no disadvantage to the neonate.© 2010 RCOG No claim to original US government works Journal compilation © RCOG 2010 BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
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