1989
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.299.6706.1003
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Reducing the incidence of infection after caesarean section: implications of prophylaxis with antibiotics for hospital resources.

Abstract: Objectives-To estimate the cost effectiveness of giving prophylactic antibiotics routinely to reduce the incidence of wound infection after caesarean section.Design-Estimation of cost effectiveness was based, firstly, on a retrospective overview of 58 controlled trials and, secondly, on evidence about costs derived from data and observations of practice.Setting-Trials included in the overview were from obstetric units in several different countries, including the United Kingdom. The costing study was based on … Show more

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“…Based on systematic reviews of over eighty clinical trials, this benefit applies to both non-elective and elective (scheduled) procedures 4,26. Because antibiotic prophylaxis shortens overall length of hospitalization and reduces treatment costs associated with cesarean, it is highly cost-effective 27–28. Consequently, antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for all women undergoing cesarean section 7.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Based on systematic reviews of over eighty clinical trials, this benefit applies to both non-elective and elective (scheduled) procedures 4,26. Because antibiotic prophylaxis shortens overall length of hospitalization and reduces treatment costs associated with cesarean, it is highly cost-effective 27–28. Consequently, antibiotic prophylaxis is recommended for all women undergoing cesarean section 7.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…(37) Our analysis of data on administration of antibiotics in labour showed that under 6% of the ALSPAC mothers who underwent caesarean received prophylaxis. Early life antibiotic exposure disrupts the developing intestinal microbiome and causes increased adiposity in laboratory animals.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Effectiveness data from overviews have the advantage that the confidence interval around the point estimate of clinical effect is usually narrower than that from an individual trial and the result may be more generalisable 23. Typically the economic analyst would take the point estimate of effect from the overview as the base case value and use the confidence interval as the relevant range for sensitivity analysis (see section 9).…”
Section: The Working Party's Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%