The routine use of cefazolin in cesarean section

International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-112

  Rouzi, A A ^a   Khalifa, F ^a   Ba'aqeel, H ^b   Al Hamdan, H S ^b   Bondagji, N ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING KHALID NATIONAL GUARD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Cesarean; Prophylaxis; Section

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034194286     PISSN: 00207292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-7292(99)00225-8     Document Type: Article

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