A Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery

A Randomized Trial of Prophylactic Antibiotics for Miscarriage Surgery – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)

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Commentaries: Research shines light on preventing infection after miscarriage – University of Birmingham (free) AND Antibiotics before miscarriage surgery not tied to fewer infections – CIDRAP (free)

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Antibiotic prophylaxis before miscarriage surgery did not result in a significantly lower risk of pelvic infection, as defined by pragmatic broad criteria, than placebo. However, benefit was observed in a secondary analysis that defined pelvic infection by strict criteria.

— NEJM (@NEJM) March 13, 2019