Obstetrics and gynecology
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jun 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialPreoperative skin preparation and intraoperative pelvic irrigation: impact on post-cesarean endometritis and wound infection.
To determine the impact of two skin preparation methods and two techniques of pelvic irrigation on the incidence of post-cesarean endometritis and wound infection in an indigent patient population. ⋯ Skin preparation with an antibacterial scrub in addition to standard povidone-iodine scrub and solution does not appear to play as significant a role in the reduction of post-cesarean endometritis or wound infection as does intraoperative pelvic irrigation with antibiotic solution.
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Obstetrics and gynecology · Jun 1993
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study Clinical TrialA randomized trial of intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring versus intermittent auscultation.
To determine whether continuous intrapartum electronic fetal heart rate monitoring (EFM) is associated with decreased perinatal mortality and morbidity compared with intermittent auscultation. ⋯ In this controlled trial, intrapartum EFM, as the primary and only method of intrapartum fetal surveillance, was associated with decreased perinatal mortality due to fetal hypoxia but also with higher rates of surgical intervention for suspected fetal distress.