Prolonged Treatment for Infected Abortion After Hospital Discharge.

Summary

Patients with infected abortion will be treated with dilatation and curettage, intravenous antibiotics. The purpose of this study is to verify if it is necessary to keep the use of oral antibiotics after hospital discharge.

Timeline

Start

2006-05

Primary completion

2007-12

Completion

2007-12

Publications

• Background Stubblefield PG, Grimes DA. Septic abortion. N Engl J Med. 1994 Aug 4;331(5):310-4. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199408043310507.
• Background Tamussino K. Postoperative infection. Clin Obstet Gynecol. 2002 Jun;45(2):562-73. doi: 10.1097/00003081-200206000-00026. No abstract available.
• Background Turnquest MA, How HY, Cook CR, O'Rourke TP, Cureton AC, Spinnato JA, Brown HL. Chorioamnionitis: is continuation of antibiotic therapy necessary after cesarean section? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1998 Nov;179(5):1261-6. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9378(98)70143-7.
• Background Faro S. Postpartum endometritis. Clin Perinatol. 2005 Sep;32(3):803-14. doi: 10.1016/j.clp.2005.04.005.
• Background French LM, Smaill FM. Antibiotic regimens for endometritis after delivery. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2004 Oct 18;(4):CD001067. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001067.pub2.
• Background Altman DG, Schulz KF, Moher D, Egger M, Davidoff F, Elbourne D, Gotzsche PC, Lang T; CONSORT GROUP (Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials). The revised CONSORT statement for reporting randomized trials: explanation and elaboration. Ann Intern Med. 2001 Apr 17;134(8):663-94. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-134-8-200104170-00012.
• Background Hollis S, Campbell F. What is meant by intention to treat analysis? Survey of published randomised controlled trials. BMJ. 1999 Sep 11;319(7211):670-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.319.7211.670.

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