Concerning the timing of antibiotic administration in women undergoing caesarean section: A systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Heesen, Michael ^a   Klöhr, Sven ^a   Rossaint, Rolf ^b   Allegeaert, Karel ^c   Deprest, Jan ^c   Van De Velde, Marc ^c   Straube, Sebastian ^d  

^a KLINIKUM BAMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFAZOLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CESAREAN SECTION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; EMBASE; ENDOMETRITIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MATERNAL INFECTION; MATERNAL MORBIDITY; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN SEPSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SKIN INCISION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UMBILICAL CORD CLAMP; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84877752079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002028     Document Type: Review

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