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Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Protocol - Intervention

Antibiotic prophylaxis versus no prophylaxis for preventing infection after cesarean section

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Abstract

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Intervention). The objectives are as follows:

To determine, from the best evidence available, the effectiveness of prophylactic antibiotic treatment compared with placebo, or no treatment, given to women when undergoing a cesarean section for reducing the incidence of febrile morbidity, wound infection, endometritis, urinary tract infection or any serious infectious complication, and to assess potential adverse effects and any impact on the infant, either short term or long term.

Comparisons between specific regimens will be excluded as these are assessed in another Cochrane review (Hopkins 1999).