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Metformin vs glibenclamide ‐ neonatal outcomes: Death or serious morbidity composite

Population
Infants of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Intervention
Metformin
Comparison
glibenclamide ‐ neonatal outcomes
Outcome
Death or serious morbidity composite

Metformin may leads to lower death or serious morbidity composite compared with glibenclamide ‐ neonatal outcomes (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Metformin vs glibenclamide ‐ neonatal outcomes
Death or serious morbidity composite · Infants of women diagnosed with gestational diabetes
Metformin may leads to lower death or serious morbidity composite compared with glibenclamide ‐ neonatal outcomes (low certainty).
Oral anti‐diabetic pharmacological therapies for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.54 [0.31, 0.94]1 study · 159 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Oral anti‐diabetic pharmacological therapies for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed
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