Walss Rodriguez 1990.
Methods | RCT; 2 parallel groups. Unit of randomization: individual. |
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Participants | Dates of data collection: July 1 to September 1988. Setting: Coah, Mexico. Inclusion criteria: women undergoing urgent CS. N = 120. Exclusion: fever, chorioamnionitis, penicillin allergy, antibiotic treatment in prior 2 weeks. |
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Interventions |
Intervention:
Comparison: no treatment:
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Outcomes | Febrile syndrome; wound infection; abdominal wall abscess; endometritis, length of hospital stay. | |
Notes | No definitions of outcomes provided. "Absceso de pared" has been translated as abdominal wall abscess. Abdominal wall abscess, infection of surgical scar and spontaneous reopening of the wound + infection have been classified as "wound infection". Class of antibiotic: aminopenicillin (ampicillin). Subgroups:
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: Allocated "in random form" using a random table. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: no information provided. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Comment: no losses or exclusions were reported. Analysis appears to be ITT. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | Comment: insufficient information to judge. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Comment: no blinding, not placebo‐controlled. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | Comment: probably outcome assessment was not blinded. |
Other bias | Low risk | Comment: no other sources of bias identified. |