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. 2015 Feb 2;2015(2):CD001067. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001067.pub3

Figueroa‐Damian 1996.

Methods Randomized trial
 Study period: March 1993 through May 1994
Participants Inclusion criteria: women with postcesarean endometritis defined as fever, presence of foul smelling lochia, and pain on fundal palpation
 Setting: Mexico
 Number of participants: n = 56
Interventions Piperacillin/tazobactam 500 mg iv every 6 hours for 5 days vs
Ampicillin 1 g iv every 6 hours plus gentamicin 80 mg iv every 8 hours for 5 days followed by oral ampicillin and IM gentamicin for 5 additional days
Outcomes Therapeutic failure
 Wound infection
 Mean length of stay 7 days vs 6 days (standard deviations not given)
Notes All postcesarean births
 Pharmaceutical sponsorship ‐ none apparent
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk States "random" 3:1, without further description
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk The protocol is not available, insufficient information to permit judgment
Other bias Unclear risk Only a reduced translated copy of the review is available, which could result in information about potential biases being missed