Effectiveness of Preoperative Vaginal Cleansing with Povidone-Iodine in Post-ceasarean Infectious Morbidity; A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Pregnancy and ChildbirthSurgeryPost-operative caesarean infectious morbidity
- Registration Number
- PACTR201709002597110
- Lead Sponsor
- The authors
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 180
Inclusion Criteria
All consenting parturients admitted in FETHA for either elective or emergency caesarean section after 37 completed weeks.
Exclusion Criteria
Refusal of consent.
Women with known allergy to topical povidone-iodine
Placenta praevia.
Cord prolapse
Clinical Chorioamnionitis
Foul smelling discharge on admission.
Women with immunosupression due to HIV/AIDS, Diabetes Miletus or chronic use of steroids.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method post caesarean endometritis
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ¿post caesarean wound infection ¿Post operative fever ¿Wound breakdown. ¿Duration of hospitalization.