Systemic antibiotic prophylaxis in elective cesarean delivery
- 1 June 1998
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics
- Vol. 61 (3) , 245-251
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0020-7292(98)00062-9
Abstract
Objective: To test the value of using prophylactic antibiotics at elective cesarean delivery. Method: One‐hundred and twenty women delivered by elective cesarean in the absence of labor and before t...Keywords
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