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Prophylactic antibiotics to reduce pelvic infection in women having miscarriage surgery - The AIMS (Antibiotics in Miscarriage Surgery) trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

  • David Lissauer
  • , Amie Wilson
  • , Jane Daniels
  • , Lee Middleton
  • , Jon Bishop
  • , Catherine Hewitt
  • , Abi Merriel
  • , Andrew Weeks
  • , Chisale Mhango
  • , Ronald Mataya
  • , Frank Taulo
  • , Theresa Ngalawesa
  • , Agatha Chirwa
  • , Colleta Mphasa
  • , Tayamika Tambala
  • , Grace Chiudzu
  • , Caroline Mwalwanda
  • , Agnes Mboma
  • , Rahat Qureshi
  • , Iffat Ahmed
  • Humera Ismail, Metin Gulmezoglu, Olufemi T. Oladapo, Godfrey Mbaruku, Jerome Chibwana, Grace Watts, Beatus Simon, James Ditai, Charles Otim Tom, Jane Frances Acam, John Ekunait, Helen Uniza, Margaret Iyaku, Margaret Anyango, Javier Zamora, Tracy Roberts, Ilias Goranitis, Nicola Desmond, Arri Coomarasamy

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Original languageEnglish
Article number245
JournalTrials
Volume19
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 23 2018
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Medicine (miscellaneous)
  • Pharmacology (medical)

Keywords

  • Antibiotics
  • Economic evaluation
  • Low-income countries
  • Miscarriage
  • Miscarriage surgery
  • Pelvic infection
  • Placebo-controlled trial
  • Randomised controlled trial
  • Pelvic Infection/diagnosis
  • Doxycycline/administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Antibiotic Prophylaxis/adverse effects
  • Young Adult
  • Abortion, Spontaneous/surgery
  • Pakistan
  • Time Factors
  • Malawi
  • Adult
  • Female
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents/administration & dosage
  • Double-Blind Method
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Administration, Oral
  • Risk Factors
  • Tanzania
  • Gynecologic Surgical Procedures/adverse effects
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
  • Pregnancy
  • Metronidazole/administration & dosage
  • Adolescent
  • Uganda

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