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A Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery
Author(s) -
D. Lissauer,
Amie Wilson,
Catherine A Hewitt,
Lee Middleton,
Jonathan Bishop,
Jane Daniels,
Abi Merriel,
Andrew Weeks,
Chisale Mhango,
Ronald Mataya,
Frank Taulo,
Theresa Ngalawesa,
Agatha Chirwa,
Colleta Mphasa,
Tayamika Tambala,
Grace Chiudzu,
Caroline Mwalwanda,
Agnes Mboma,
Rahat Qureshi,
Iffat Ahmed,
Humera Ismail,
Olufemi T. Oladapo,
Godfrey Mbaruku,
Jerome Chibwana,
Grace Watts,
Beatus Simon,
James Ditai,
Charles Otim Tom,
Jane-Frances Acam,
John Ekunait,
Hellen Unzia,
Margaret Iyaku,
Joshua J. Makiika,
Javier Zamora,
Tracy Roberts,
Ilias Goranitis,
Sarah BarZeev,
Nicola Desmond,
Sabaratnam Arulkumaran,
Zulfiqar A Bhutta,
A. Metin Gülmezoĝlu,
Arri Coomarasamy
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1808817
Subject(s) - medicine , miscarriage , prophylactic surgery , randomized controlled trial , antibiotics , prophylactic antibiotic , surgery , pregnancy , antibiotic prophylaxis , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , ovarian cancer , cancer
Surgical intervention is needed in some cases of spontaneous abortion to remove retained products of conception. Antibiotic prophylaxis may reduce the risk of pelvic infection, which is an important complication of this surgery, particularly in low-resource countries.

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