Antibiotics for meconium-stained amniotic fluid in labour for preventing neonatal sepsis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Siriwachirachai, Thitiporn ^a   Sangkomkamhang, Ussanee S ^a   Lumbiganon, Pisake ^b   Laopaiboon, Malinee ^c  

^a KHON KAEN HOSPITAL   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

AMNION FLUID; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; ENDOMETRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LABOR; MECONIUM; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349088577     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD007772     Document Type: Review

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