Chlorhexidine gluconate versus povidone iodine at cesarean delivery: A randomized controlled trial

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 573-577

  Kunkle, Cynelle M ^a   Marchan, Jennifer ^a   Safadi, Sara ^a   Whitman, Stephanie ^a   Chmait, Ramen H ^a  

^a LAC USC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cesarean delivery; Chlorhexidine; Iodine; Skin disinfectant

Indexed keywords

CHLORHEXIDINE GLUCONATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; POVIDONE IODINE; CHLORHEXIDINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BODY MASS; CESAREAN SECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCISION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL SWAB; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; POVIDONE-IODINE; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929330055     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2014.926884     Document Type: Article

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