Impact of evidence-based interventions on wound complications after cesarean delivery

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 217, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 449.e1-449.e9

  Temming, Lorene A ^a   Raghuraman, Nandini ^a   Carter, Ebony B ^a   Stout, Molly J ^a   Rampersad, Roxane M ^a   Macones, George A ^a   Cahill, Alison G ^a   Tuuli, Methodius G ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cesarean delivery; evidence based measures; infection; skin antisepsis; skin closure; subcutaneous tissue; surgical site infection; wound complication

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CEFAZOLIN; CHLORHEXIDINE; CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IODINE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTISEPSIS; ARTICLE; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INCISION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEROMA; SKIN INCISION; SMOKING; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SUTURE; WOUND CLOSURE; WOUND COMPLICATION; WOUND DEHISCENCE; WOUND INFECTION; EMERGENCY; MISSOURI; PREGNANCY; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; CELLULITIS; CESAREAN SECTION; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MISSOURI; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SEROMA; SMOKING; SURGICAL WOUND DEHISCENCE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; SUTURE TECHNIQUES;

EID: 85025434002     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: 10976868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.05.070     Document Type: Article

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