Upright position vs recumbent position: Trauma to birth canal requiring suturing
Upright position showed no clear difference in trauma to birth canal requiring suturing compared with recumbent position (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Upright position vs recumbent position Trauma to birth canal requiring suturing · women in the second stage of labour with epidural anaesthesia Upright position showed no clear difference in trauma to birth canal requiring suturing compared with recumbent position (low certainty). Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1 [0.89, 1.13] | 3 studies · 3266 participants | Low |
Upright position vs recumbent position Trauma to birth canal requiring suturing · women with epidural anaesthesia in the second stage of labour It is very uncertain whether upright position changes trauma to birth canal requiring suturing compared with recumbent position (very low certainty). Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD008070.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.95 [0.66, 1.37] | 2 studies · 173 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maternal position in the second stage of labour for women with epidural anaesthesia 2018 · 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
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