Pregnancy and Childbirth Surgery Post caesarean endometritis and wound infection
Conditions
Interventions
No vaginal cleansing
Sponsors
Coal City Dissertation Research Grant Award by Profs Echezona E Ezeanolue and Chima A. Onoka in Collaboration with College of Medicine University of Nigeria Nsukka
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
Female
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: All pregnant women who had been billed for caesarean delivery either electively or as emergency and given consent at the two Obstetrics units (ANW and Labour wards) of the two study centers were included
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: women with clinical diagnosis of chorioamnionitis women with diagnosis of obstructed labour women with contraindications to caesarean delivery women with contraindication to chlorhexidine use such as history of serious allergic reaction women with premature rupture of membranes, HIV/AIDs, diabetes mellitus and hemoglobin <10g/dl that could not be corrected before surgery
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Proportion of women who received vaginal cleansing with chlorhexidine and had endometritis or surgical site infection or both | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of babies admitted into the Newborn Special Care within 72 hours of birth for APGAR Score 7, neonatal sepsis, neonatal jaundice and other causes. | — |
Countries
Nigeria
Contacts
Public ContactJohnpaul Nnagbo
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku Ozalla Enugu State
Outcome results
None listed