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WHO Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Maternal Peripartum Infections. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2015.

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WHO Recommendations for Prevention and Treatment of Maternal Peripartum Infections.

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Acronyms and abbreviations

CI

confidence interval

CS

caesarean section

EB

evidence base

GBS

group B Streptococcus

GDG

Guideline Development Group

GRADE

Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation

GREAT

Guideline development, Research priorities, Evidence synthesis, Applicability of evidence, Transfer of knowledge (a WHO project and international partnership)

hr

hour

HIV

human immunodeficiency virus

IM

intramuscular

IV

intravenous

MCA

[WHO Department of] Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health

MD

mean difference

NICU

neonatal intensive care unit

OR

odds ratio

PICO

population, intervention, comparison, outcome

PPROM

preterm prelabour rupture of membranes

PROM

prelabour rupture of membranes

RCT

randomized controlled trial

RHR

[WHO Department of] Reproductive Health and Research

RR

relative risk

UK

United Kingdom

USA

United States of America

WHO

World Health Organization

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