Planned early birth vs expectant management: Definite or probable early‐onset neonatal sepsis
Planned early birth may leads to lower definite or probable early‐onset neonatal sepsis compared with expectant management (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Planned early birth vs expectant management Definite or probable early‐onset neonatal sepsis · women with prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks' gestation or later) Planned early birth may leads to lower definite or probable early‐onset neonatal sepsis compared with expectant management (low certainty). Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.73 [0.58, 0.92] | 16 studies · 7314 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks or more) 2017 · 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.