Labour induction vs expectant management: Perinatal mortality
Labour induction leads to lower perinatal death (intrauterine deaths plus neonatal deaths in the… compared with expectant management (infant/child outcomes) (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Labour induction vs expectant management (infant/child outcomes) Perinatal death (intrauterine deaths plus neonatal deaths in the first week of life) · pregnant women at or beyond 37 weeks gestation Labour induction leads to lower perinatal death (intrauterine deaths plus neonatal deaths in the… compared with expectant management (infant/child outcomes) (high certainty). Induction of labour at or beyond 37 weeks' gestation (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.31 [0.15, 0.64] | 22 studies · 18795 participants | High |
Labour induction vs expectant management (infant/child outcomes) Perinatal death · pregnant women at or beyond term Labour induction probably leads to lower perinatal death compared with expectant management (infant/child outcomes) (moderate certainty). Induction of labour at or beyond 37 weeks' gestation (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD004945.PUB4, superseded | RR 0.33 [0.14, 0.78] | 20 studies · 9960 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Induction of labour at or beyond 37 weeks' gestation 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.