Should prophylactic antibiotics be routinely given to a mother before a cesarean Birth?

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 266-267

  Klein, Victor R ^a   Wright, Michelle ^b  

^a North Shore LIJ Health Systems ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PROCEDURES;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CESAREAN SECTION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS;

EID: 84883306154     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: 15390683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMC.0b013e31829b3d68     Document Type: Note

References (3)

1. Costello, E. K., Stagaman, K., Dethlefsen, L., Bohannan, B. J. M., & Relman, D. A. (2012). The application of ecological theory toward an understanding of the human microbiome. Science, 336(6086), 1255-1262. doi:10.1126/science.1224203
2. Dahlen, H. G., Kennedy, H. P., Anderson, C. M., Bell, A. F., Clark, A., Foureur, M, Downe, S. (2013). The EPIIC hypothesis: Intrapartum effects on the neonatal epigenome and consequent health outcomes. Medical Hypotheses, 80(5), 656-662. doi:10.1016/j.mehy.2013.01.017
3. Smaill, F. M., & Gyte, G. M. (2010). Antibiotic prophylaxis versus no prophylaxis for preventing infection after cesarean section. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (1), 1-146. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD007482.pub2