Oxytocin vs ergot alkaloids: Diastolic blood pressure > 100 mm Hg between delivery of the baby and discharge from the labour ward
Oxytocin showed no clear difference in diastolic blood pressure > 100 mm Hg between delivery of the baby… compared with ergot alkaloids (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oxytocin vs ergot alkaloids Diastolic blood pressure > 100 mm Hg between delivery of the baby and discharge from the labour ward · women in the third stage of labour Oxytocin showed no clear difference in diastolic blood pressure > 100 mm Hg between delivery of the baby… compared with ergot alkaloids (low certainty). Prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour to prevent postpartum haemorrhage (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.28 [0.04, 2.05] | 3 studies · 960 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prophylactic oxytocin for the third stage of labour to prevent postpartum haemorrhage 2019 · 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.