Caesarean section in four South East Asian countries: reasons for, rates, associated care practices and health outcomes

Table 3 Use of antibiotics during postnatal care for women (as percentage of caesarean deliveries)

	Indonesia			Malaysia			The Philippines			Thailand
	Overall	Tertiary	District	Overall	Tertiary 1	Tertiary 2	Overall	Tertiary 1	Tertiary 2	Overall	Regional	University	Provincial
	n = 619	n = 292	n = 327	n = 454	n = 264	n = 190	n = 474	n = 126	n = 348	n = 1045	n = 333	n = 332	n = 380
Antibiotics postpartum	100	100	100	41	3	94	54	98	38	48	24	15	97
If yes, antibiotics given for
Prophylaxis	100	100	100	90	0	93	36	0	69	90	71	67	97
Wound infection	0	0	0	0	0	0	52	98	8	0	1	4	0
Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes	0	0	0	6	43	4	0	0	0	4	11	4	2
Urinary tract infection	0	0	0	2	43	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0
Endometritis	0	0	0	2	14	1	0	0	0	2	4	8	1
Upper respiratory tract infection	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	6	4	0
Other/Unknown	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	1	22	2	6	8	0

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