Betamethasone vs usual care: Respiratory distress syndrome
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) showed no clear difference in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) vs usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and neonatal outcomes Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) showed no clear difference in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (low certainty). Antenatal corticosteroids prior to planned caesarean at term for improving neonatal outcomes (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.34 [0.07, 1.65] | 1 study · 942 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antenatal corticosteroids prior to planned caesarean at term for improving neonatal outcomes 2021 · 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.