Ziruma, Asaph (2016) Randomised Control Trial Comparing Two Regimens of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Women Undergoing Caesarean Section. Masters thesis, University of Zimbabwe.
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Abstract
Infection is one of the major complications of surgery. Caesarean section is the single most important risk factor for postnatal infections [2]. Prophylactic antibiotics have become a standard of management for people undergoing surgery. According to the EDLIZ 2006, women undergoing caesarean section should be given a single dose of Benzyl penicillin 5MU iv and Chloramphenicol 1gram iv. However at Parirenyatwa and Harare hospitals, patients get antibiotics for an average of 7days. The prolonged course which is in practice increases the work load on the hospital staff which is already overwhelmed due to understaffing. It also increases costs to the patients, demands patient compliance and increases risks of antibiotics resistance. We did a study to see if the current practice can be justified. We compared current practice of prophylactic antibiotics to a proposed single dose regime of prophylactic antibiotics for women undergoing caesarean section. The current practice was standardized for the purpose of this study.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Apr 2018 08:18 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Apr 2018 08:18 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/3704 |
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