Effect of Vaginal Douching With Betadine Before CS for Prevention of Post Operative Infections

Cairo University1,200 enrolled

Overview

The present study was a prospective randomized controlled trial in which subjects received a vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine solution immediately prior to caesarean delivery or received no vaginal preparation

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

1,200

Conditions

Puerperal Infection

Interventions

Betadine douchesBEHAVIORAL

subjects received a vaginal preparation with povidone-iodine solution immediately prior to caesarean delivery

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 40 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Any patient undergoing CS Exclusion Criteria: * • Betadine allegy. * Rupture membranes. * Accidental Hemorrhage. * H/O suggestive chorioamnionitis ; uterine tenderness, offensive vaginal discharge, fever medical disorders as diabetes, hypertension , cardiac or renal diseqases

Locations (1)

Kasr Alainy medical school

Cairo, Egypt

RECRUITING

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Postpartum endometritis

a clinical diagnosis, usually involving fever, uterine fundal tenderness, or prurulent lochia requiring antibiotic therapy.

Time frame: 6 weeks after Cesarean section

Secondary Outcomes

Postoperative wound infection

erythema, tenderness, prurulent drainage from the incision site, with or without fever, requiring antibiotic therapy

Time frame: 6 weeks after Cesarean section

Postoperative fever

temperature higher than 38 degrees C

Time frame: 3 weeks after Cesarean section

Central Contacts

Ahmed maged, MD

CONTACT

+20201005227404 dr_ahmedmaged08@kasralainy.edu.eg

Heba Wagih, MD

CONTACT

heba.wageih@yahoo.com

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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