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127 questions · 128 findings · 15 reviews · Pregnancy and Childbirth

No studies found 19 · 14.8%GRADE not reported 35 · 27.3%Very low 25 · 19.5%Low 29 · 22.7%Moderate 12 · 9.4%High 8 · 6.3%

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).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound infection) № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery

Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery

Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Infected episiotomy/laceration (organ or space infection) № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery

Any antibiotics showed no clear difference in infected episiotomy/laceration (organ or space infection) № of… compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment

Infected episiotomy/laceration (wound breakdown) № of participants: 2593 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery

Any antibiotics probably leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (wound breakdown) № of participants:… compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review