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Single- versus multiple-dose mezlocillin prophylaxis in emergency cesarean section. 1986

R Jaffe, and M Altaras, and R Loebel, and N Ben-Aderet

163 patients undergoing emergency cesarean section were prospectively and randomized evaluated to determine the effect of mezlocillin in reducing postoperative morbidity. We compared a single 5-gram preoperative dose and a perioperative 3-dose regimen, each of 2 g, with a placebo. Postoperative morbidity was reduced from 65% in the placebo group to 20% in the groups receiving mezlocillin (p less than 0.005). The incidences of febrile morbidity, endometritis and urinary tract infection were all significantly lower in both groups given mezlocillin. There was no difference in the reduction of morbidity between the two groups receiving mezlocillin. The main advantages of the prophylaxis included a shorter hospitalization and the absence of serious infections in the treated groups.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007432	Intraoperative Period	The period during a surgical operation.	Intraoperative Periods,Period, Intraoperative,Periods, Intraoperative
D008802	Mezlocillin	Semisynthetic ampicillin-derived acylureido penicillin. It has been proposed for infections with certain anaerobes and may be useful in inner ear, bile, and CNS infections.	Bay-f 1353,Baypen,Melocin,Meslocillin,Mezlin,Mezlocillin Sodium,Mezlocilline,Bay f 1353,Bayf 1353,Sodium, Mezlocillin
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D011247	Pregnancy	The status during which female mammals carry their developing young (EMBRYOS or FETUSES) in utero before birth, beginning from FERTILIZATION to BIRTH.	Gestation,Pregnancies
D011292	Premedication	Preliminary administration of a drug preceding a diagnostic, therapeutic, or surgical procedure. The commonest types of premedication are antibiotics (ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS) and anti-anxiety agents. It does not include PREANESTHETIC MEDICATION.	Premedications
D011446	Prospective Studies	Observation of a population for a sufficient number of persons over a sufficient number of years to generate incidence or mortality rates subsequent to the selection of the study group.	Prospective Study,Studies, Prospective,Study, Prospective
D011897	Random Allocation	A process involving chance used in therapeutic trials or other research endeavor for allocating experimental subjects, human or animal, between treatment and control groups, or among treatment groups. It may also apply to experiments on inanimate objects.	Randomization,Allocation, Random
D002585	Cesarean Section	Extraction of the FETUS by means of abdominal HYSTEROTOMY.	Abdominal Delivery,Delivery, Abdominal,C-Section (OB),Caesarean Section,Postcesarean Section,Abdominal Deliveries,C Section (OB),C-Sections (OB),Caesarean Sections,Cesarean Sections,Deliveries, Abdominal
D004341	Drug Evaluation	Any process by which toxicity, metabolism, absorption, elimination, preferred route of administration, safe dosage range, etc., for a drug or group of drugs is determined through clinical assessment in humans or veterinary animals.	Evaluation Studies, Drug,Drug Evaluation Studies,Drug Evaluation Study,Drug Evaluations,Evaluation Study, Drug,Evaluation, Drug,Evaluations, Drug,Studies, Drug Evaluation,Study, Drug Evaluation
D004630	Emergencies	Situations or conditions requiring immediate intervention to avoid serious adverse results.	Emergency

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