Manual fundal pressure vs no fundal pressure: No spontaneous vaginal birth within a specified time
It is very uncertain whether manual fundal pressure changes no spontaneous vaginal birth within a specified time, as defined by… compared with no fundal pressure (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Manual fundal pressure vs no fundal pressure No spontaneous vaginal birth within a specified time, as defined by the trial authors · women with singleton pregnancy in vertex position in second stage of labour It is very uncertain whether manual fundal pressure changes no spontaneous vaginal birth within a specified time, as defined by… compared with no fundal pressure (very low certainty). Fundal pressure during the second stage of labour (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.96 [0.71, 1.28] | 1 study · 120 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fundal pressure during the second stage of labour 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.