Antibiotic Prophylaxis Before Surgery Versus After Cord Clamping in Elective Cesarean Delivery - a Double-blind, Prospective, Randomized Placebo-controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2010-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

In this prospective, randomized, placebo controlled trial the investigators were able to demonstrate the usefulness of prophylactic cefazolin in elective caesarean section versus placebo, irrespective of the timing of administration, ie before skin incision or after umbilical cord clamping

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna
• Treatments: Anti-Bacterial Agents; Cefazolin; Cephalexin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Elective cesarean section at term Patientin >18 years Informed consent NO known allergy to cefazolin NO exposure to any antibiotic agent within 1 week prior to delivery

Exclusion Criteria:

• cesarean section before week 37 cephalosporin allergy age less than 18 years exposure to any antibiotic agent within 1 week prior to delivery