Cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics vs cervical cerclage: Serious neonatal morbidity
- Population
- Not specified
- Intervention
- Cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics
- Comparison
- cervical cerclage
- Outcome
- Serious neonatal morbidity
It is very uncertain whether cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics changes serious neonatal morbidity (Reported in Miller 2014 as 'composite… compared with cervical cerclage alone (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics vs cervical cerclage alone Serious neonatal morbidity (Reported in Miller 2014 as 'composite adverse outcome', which included the following neonatal morbidities: respiratory distress syndrome, necrotising enterocolitis, intraventricular haemorrhage, retinopathy of prematuri... It is very uncertain whether cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics changes serious neonatal morbidity (Reported in Miller 2014 as 'composite… compared with cervical cerclage alone (very low certainty). Cervical stitch (cerclage) in combination with other treatments for preventing spontaneous preterm birth in… (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.62 [0.31, 1.24] | 1 study · 50 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cervical stitch (cerclage) in combination with other treatments for preventing spontaneous preterm birth in singleton pregnancies 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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