Intravenous vs irrigation (lavage): Urinary tract infection
It is very uncertain whether intravenous route changes urinary tract infection compared with irrigation (lavage) (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intravenous route vs irrigation (lavage) Urinary tract infection · pregnant women undergoing caesarean section It is very uncertain whether intravenous route changes urinary tract infection compared with irrigation (lavage) (very low certainty). Routes of administration of antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infection after caesarean section (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.74 [0.25, 2.15] | 5 studies · 660 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Routes of administration of antibiotic prophylaxis for preventing infection after caesarean section 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.