Supplemental Oxygen and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection



Status:Completed
Conditions:Infectious Disease, Hospital
Therapuetic Areas:Immunology / Infectious Diseases, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - Any
Updated:4/2/2016
Start Date:August 2006
End Date:August 2009
Contact:Neena Duggal, MD
Email:neena.duggal@hhs.sccgov.org
Phone:408-885-5550

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Perioperative Supplemental Oxygen and the Risk of Surgical Site Infection

This is a study to see whether increasing the oxygen concentration during and after a
cesarean section decreases the infection rate.

This is a double-blinded prospective randomized,controlled trial to evaluate whether using a
higher concentration of oxygen during and after surgery helps to decrease the wound
infection rate in patients undergoing cesarean sections.

Inclusion Criteria:

- mentally competent patients undergoing cesarean section under spinal or epidural
anesthesia

Exclusion Criteria:

- fever/chorioamnionitis; GBS positive on antibiotics; immunocompromised / HIV
patients; on antibiotics for any reason; general anesthesia; age less than 18 years
custody patients stat cesarean section
We found this trial at
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Santa Clara Valley Medical Center
San Jose, California 95128
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