Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

4 questions · 4 findings · 3 reviews

No studies found 1 · 25%GRADE not reported 1 · 25%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 2 · 50%High 0 · 0%

Postoperative fever · women having elective abdominal hysterectomy

Antibiotics probably leads to lower postoperative fever compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.59 [0.5, 0.7]
11 studies · 2394 participants
Moderate

Postoperative fever · women having elective vaginal hysterectomy

Antibiotics probably leads to lower postoperative fever compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for elective hysterectomy 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.43 [0.34, 0.54]
9 studies · 1562 participants
Moderate

Intrapartum fever needing treatment with antibiotics · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery

1 finding from 1 review

Fever ‐ not measured · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotic prophylaxis for operative vaginal delivery 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found