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Table 4 Association between infection and time of antibiotic administration

From: Antibiotic prophylaxis for caesarean section at a Ugandan hospital: a randomised clinical trial evaluating the effect of administration time on the incidence of postoperative infections

Outcomes

Randomisation groups

Risk ratio (95% CI)

P value

Pre-incision

Post-incision

Total population = 211

Total population = 221

Events

Risk

Events

Risk

Postoperative infections

      

Overall infections

139

0.659

188

0.851

0.77 (0.62–0.97)

0.022

Wound infection

108

0.512

136

0.615

0.83 (0.64–1.08)

0.153

Endometritis

31

0.147

52

0.235

0.62 (0.39–0.99)

0.036

Neonatal outcomes*

3

0.014

1

0.004

3.14 (0.25–164.95)

0.352

  1. *Admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and treatment for infection;
  2. CI, confidence interval.