Compare between cefepime versus routine antibiotics as a prophylactic antibiotic during emergency cesarean section in a tertiary center of obstetric care
This is a randomized double blinded study which compare between single dose cefepime versus cefuroxime plus metronidazole during emergency intrapartum cesarean section. Outcomes will include fever, wound infection, and urinary tract infection.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
500
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Antibiotic prophylaxis
Assiut University
Asyut, Egypt
RECRUITINGIncidence of surgical site wound infection
Examining the wound after one week of the surgery to detect any infection
Time frame: one week
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