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A double-blind randomized controlled trial on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in patients undergoing elective caesarean section
Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06531.x
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BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 95, Issue 7, pages 689–692, July 1988
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MAHOMED, K. (1988), A double-blind randomized controlled trial on the use of prophylactic antibiotics in patients undergoing elective caesarean section. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 95: 689–692. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1988.tb06531.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Article first published online: 19 AUG 2005
- Received 5 May 1987, Accepted 10 September 1987
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Summary. In a double-blind randomized controlled study 232 patients undergoing elective lower segment caesarean section were randomly allocated to receive a pre-operative prophylactic dose of a combination of crystalline penicillin and chloramphenicol or a placebo. The two groups were comparable in terms of patient characteristics and operation variables. The group receiving antibiotics had significantly fewer febrile and infectious morbid events and thus spent fewer days in hospital than the group receiving the placebo.