Planned early birth vs expectant management: Maternal mortality or morbidity
Planned early delivery leads to lower composite maternal mortality and morbidity compared with expectant management (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Planned early delivery vs expectant management Composite maternal mortality and morbidity · pregnant women with hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks' gestation to term Planned early delivery leads to lower composite maternal mortality and morbidity compared with expectant management (high certainty). Planned early delivery versus expectant management for hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks gestation to term (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.69 [0.57, 0.83] | 2 studies · 1459 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned early delivery versus expectant management for hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks gestation to term 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.