Question · asked by 1 review

Planned early birth vs expectant management: Serious maternal morbidity or death

Population
women with prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks' gestation or later)
Intervention
Planned early birth
Comparison
expectant management
Outcome
Serious maternal morbidity or death

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Planned early birth vs expectant management
Serious maternal morbidity or mortality (e.g. death, cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, admission to intensive care unit) · women with prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks' gestation or later)
Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37… (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted3 studies · 425 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 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 reportedNot extractedNot assessed
How reviews are matched to this question

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