A large trial on prophylactic antibiotics after instrumental birth which shows that this reduces the chance of infection from one in five to one in ten.
Prophylactic antibiotics after instrumental birth?
Tag: antibiotics
Vaginal seeding – more data required?
Sara Wickham looks at research on vaginal seeding stating that the benefits of vaginal seeding “do not outweigh the risks”.
Maternal antibiotics (e.g. for GBS) and imbalance in baby’s gut bacteria
How antibiotics given in labour – for example as prophylaxis for group B strep – can affect the gut microbiome of the baby.
Mode of birth and feeding matter for bugs!
Swedish researchers have researched how babies’ guts are colonized with microbes. And both mode of birth and feeding matter.
The problems with GBS screening
What are the harms of GBS screening? And why is it hard to measure them? “In my view there are two main issues that hamper the assessment of harms and benefits of antenatal GBS screening. The first is the artefact…
Epidural Fever
Sara Wickham looks at the research relating to ‘epidural fever’, which has considerable implications for women and babies.