Antibiotics for Prevention of SSI in Obese Women Undergoing CS

Ain Shams University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Surgical Site Infection

Treatments: Drug: Cephalexin

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03736187

Antibiotics for SSI

Details and patient eligibility

About

Effect of cephalexin plus metronidazole on SSI better than cephalexin alone in obese women undergoing CS

Full description

Comparison between efficacy of cephalexin alone and cephalexin plus metronidazole on surgical site infection in obese women undergoing CS and follow up of any signs of wound infection

Enrollment: 280 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• obese women under elective CS

Exclusion criteria

• immunodeficient women

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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280 participants in 2 patient groups

Cephalexin

Experimental group

Description:

Group a will receive cephalexin 1gm before skin incision intravenous

Treatment:

Drug: Cephalexin

Cephalexin &metronidazole

Experimental group

Description:

Group b will receive cephalexin 1gm intravenous plus 1gm metronidazole rectally before skin incision

Treatment:

Drug: Cephalexin