Prophylactic administration of cefazolin prior to skin incision versus antibiotics at cord clamping in preventing postcesarean infectious morbidity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 175-178

  Liu, Jing ^a   Sun, Juxiang ^a   Ding, Mingxia ^a,b   Liu, Jinhua ^a   Li, Yurong ^a   Sun, Xinghui ^a   Liu, Tianfeng ^a   Chen, Ying ^a  

^a LINYI PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Cefazolin; Cesarean delivery; Meta analysis

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; ENDOMETRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; META ANALYSIS; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OPERATION DURATION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SKIN INCISION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NEWBORN CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMP; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMPING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CEFAZOLIN; CESAREAN SECTION; CONSTRICTION; ENDOMETRITIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTAL CIRCULATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; UMBILICAL CORD; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84876814243     PISSN: 03787346     EISSN: 1423002X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000346458     Document Type: Article

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