Despite the widespread application of standard aseptic techniques during vaginal birth, cesarean birth, and/or termination of pregnancy, postpregnancy infections remain a significant source of ...

Researchers suggest an association between cesarean sections during labor and recurrent preterm birth or mid-trimester loss in subsequent pregnancies, potentially due to cervical damage Study ...

J Midwifery Womens Health. 2008;53(3):236-246. A 1999 Cochrane review of 51 randomized trials concluded that a single dose of either ampicillin or a first-generation cephalosporin administered at ...