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Antibiotics (short duration) vs antibiotics (long duration) postpartum: Treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery)

Population
women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Intervention
Antibiotics (short duration)
Comparison
antibiotics (long duration) postpartum
Outcome
Treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery)

Antibiotics (short duration) showed no clear difference in treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery) compared with antibiotics (long duration) postpartum (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Antibiotics (short duration) vs antibiotics (long duration) postpartum
Treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery) · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Antibiotics (short duration) showed no clear difference in treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery) compared with antibiotics (long duration) postpartum (low certainty).
Antibiotic regimens for management of intra‐amniotic infection (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.31 [0.42, 4.02]1 study · 292 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Antibiotic regimens for management of intra‐amniotic infection
2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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