Vitamin C Effectiveness in Preventing Urinary Tract Infections After Gynecological Surgeries
Vitamin C for the Prevention of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infections in Women Who Undergo Elective Gynecological Surgeries: a Randomized Double-blinded Controlled Trial
American University of Beirut Medical Center
180 participants
Sep 19, 2023
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
Double-blind placebo-controlled randomized trial aiming to assess the role of Vitamin C supplementation in the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections in women undergoing elective gynecological surgeries.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria3
- Nonpregnant women
- years of age or older
- Undergoing elective GYN surgery
Exclusion Criteria13
- Pregnant women
- Already taking Vitamin C supplementation
- Nephrolithiasis
- Congenital anomaly or neurogenic bladder
- Allergy to ascorbic acid
- On therapeutic anticoagulant medicine during the 6 weeks after surgery
- Gynecological surgery involving fistula repair or a vaginal mesh removal
- Positive Urinalysis in the pre-admission unit
- Recurrent UTIs
- Diabetes
- G6PD
- Hemochromatosis
- Renal disorders
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Interventions
1000mg Ascorbic acid orally daily started on the day of elective gynecological surgery for 10 days
Placebo tablet daily starting day of elective gynecological surgery for 10 days
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NCT05913180