Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution vs control (no preparation or saline preparation): Post‐cesarean endometritis
Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution probably leads to lower post‐cesarean endometritis compared with control (no preparation or saline preparation) (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution vs control (no preparation or saline preparation) Post‐cesarean endometritis · pregnant women undergoing cesarean section Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution probably leads to lower post‐cesarean endometritis compared with control (no preparation or saline preparation) (moderate certainty). Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution before cesarean section for preventing postoperative infections (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.41 [0.29, 0.58] | 20 studies · 6918 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal preparation with antiseptic solution before cesarean section for preventing postoperative infections 2020 · 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.