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Cesarean Section Prophylaxis

Cesarean Section Prophylaxis is a prophylactic antimicrobial strategy involving the administration of antibiotics before surgical incision during cesarean delivery to prevent postoperative surgical site infections, distinguished by its timing, route, and targeted reduction of maternal infectious complications specific to obstetric surgery.

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2017–2026

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Cesarean Section Antibiotic Prophylaxis

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Adjunctive Azithromycin Prophylaxis for Cesarean Delivery

Alan Tita, Jeff M. Szychowski, Kim Boggess et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2016 · 283 citations · Full text

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ACOG Practice Bulletin No. 199: Use of Prophylactic Antibiotics in Labor and Delivery

Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2018 · 272 citations

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Risk factors for wound infection following cesarean deliveries

Naomi Schneid-Kofman, Eyal Sheiner, Amalia Levy et al. · International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics · 2005 · 219 citations

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Administration of cefazolin prior to skin incision is superior to cefazolin at cord clamping in preventing postcesarean infectious morbidity: a randomized, controlled trial

Scott Sullivan, Triz Smith, Eugene Chang et al. · American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology · 2007 · 219 citations · Full text

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Prevention of vertical HIV transmission

Christian Kind, Christoph Rudin, C.-A. Siegrist et al. · AIDS · 1998 · 201 citations

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Authors

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  1. AT
    Alan Tita

    University of Alabama at Birmingham, United States

    6 publications · 465 citations

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  2. WJ
    William J. Ledger

    Cornell University, United States

    4 publications · 57 citations

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  3. RP
    Rudolph P. Galask

    University of Iowa, United States

    4 publications · 71 citations

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  4. BG
    Bernard Gonik

    Wayne State University, United States

    3 publications · 74 citations

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  5. PB
    Peter Brocklehurst

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 132 citations

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Institutions

370

  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, United States

    8 h-index

    29 publications

    2.3K citations

  2. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    591 citations

  3. Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, United States

    6 h-index

    21 publications

    606 citations

  4. Columbia University

    New York, United States

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    978 citations

  5. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    5 h-index

    15 publications

    495 citations

  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    4 h-index

    19 publications

    4.6K citations

  7. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    4 h-index

    15 publications

    1.3K citations

  8. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    4 h-index

    6 publications

    104 citations

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  1. American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

    AJOG · 38 publications · 2.1K citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 40 publications · 794 citations

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  3. Obstetrics and Gynecology

    11 publications · 765 citations

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  5. Anesthesia & Analgesia

    5 publications · 189 citations

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