Antibiotics for prevention of wound infection in cesarean sectio
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: O85- Puerperal sepsis
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2019/08/020854
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr Krishna Agarwal
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Women with term pregnancy (37 to 41 completed weeks) undergoing elective or
emergency cesarean section
Exclusion Criteria
1. Women with clinical evidence of infection- fever or leucocytosis
2. Women already receiving or scheduled to receive antibiotic therapy for some other
reason
3. Moderate anemia (hb at enrolment)
4. Known HIV positivity
5. Women with heart disease needing antibiotic prophylaxis from prevention of SABE
6. Second stage caesarean section
7. Rupture of membranes ( >24hours)
8. Women with penicillin allergy
9. BMI > 30 kg/m2
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Surgical site infection (SSI) according to CDC criteriaâ?? <br/ ><br>a. Superficial surgical site infection <br/ ><br>b. Deep surgical site infection <br/ ><br>c. Endometritis <br/ ><br>Endometritis would be identified by uterine tenderness, foul smelling lochia and <br/ ><br>fever â?¥100.40CTimepoint: 30 days postoperatively
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Womanâ??s duration of hospital stay <br/ ><br>2. Babyâ??s NICU/nursery stay i/v/o infection <br/ ><br>3. Readmission for surgical wound infection <br/ ><br>4. Side-effects related to antibiotics- Diarrhoea/vomiting/metallic taste <br/ ><br>5. Extravasation and thrombophlebitisTimepoint: 30 days of cesarean