Intraabdominal irrigation at caesarean delivery and infectious morbidity: randomised controlled trial (RCT)

Completed

• Conditions: Obstetrics and gynaecology; Pregnancy and Childbirth; Caesarean section

• Registration Number: ISRCTN64436929
• Lead Sponsor: Farhat Hached University Teaching Hospital (Tunisia)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2005-09-20
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2015

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 250

Inclusion Criteria

All patients requiring elective or emergency, primary or repeat Caesarean section and planned to have low segment transverse uterine incision with:
1. Gestational age >34 weeks
2. No fever
3. No prelabor rupture of membranes

Exclusion Criteria

Pregnancy of less than 34 weeks of gestation, intrauterine fetal death, suspected infection, suspected uterine rupture preterm prelabor rupture of membranes of more than 48 hours.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post operative infectious complications (including post operative fever and/or postoperative endometritis [ACOG definitions])

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Post operative change in hematocrit and hemoglobin