A protocol of selective antibiotic prophylaxis for Caesarean section based on risk factors

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 402-406

  To, W W K ^a   Lau, W N T ^a  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LABOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LOGISTIC MODELS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035191884     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2001.tb01317.x     Document Type: Article

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