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170 questions · 173 findings · 19 reviews · Pregnancy and Childbirth

No studies found 20 · 11.6%GRADE not reported 43 · 24.9%Very low 46 · 26.6%Low 40 · 23.1%Moderate 14 · 8.1%High 10 · 5.8%

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