Avoiding serious infections associated with abdominal hysterectomy: A meta-analysis of antibiotic prophylaxis

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 169, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 1119-1124

  Mittendorf, Robert ^a   Aronson, Michael P ^b   Berry, Robert E ^b   Williams, Michelle A ^c   Kupelnick, Bruce ^d   Klickstein, Alexandra ^d   Herbst, Arthur L ^a   Chalmers, Thomas C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

antibiotic prophylaxis; cefazolin; Meta analysis; metronidazole; tinidazole; total abdominal hysterectomy

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; METRONIDAZOLE; TINIDAZOLE;

ABDOMINAL HYSTERECTOMY; ARTICLE; COMPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ABDOMEN; ANTIBIOTICS; CEFAZOLIN; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERECTOMY; METRONIDAZOLE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TINIDAZOLE;

EID: 0027142454     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9378(93)90266-L     Document Type: Article

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