Respiratory distress syndrome · women in labor with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in respiratory distress syndrome compared with antibiotics (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal postpartum hospital stay (days) · women in labor with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Postpartum readmission for endometritis · women in labor with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Endometritis/Failure treatment · women in labor with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in treatment failure (endometritis) compared with antibiotics (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal mortality · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes neonatal death compared with no treatment during postpartum period (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal sepsis · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes neonatal sepsis compared with no treatment during postpartum period (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Fever ‐ not measured · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Length of maternal hospital stay (days) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound infection) № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.53 [0.4, 0.69]
Studies not reported
High
Infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.46 [0.31, 0.69]
Studies not reported
High
Infected episiotomy/laceration (organ or space infection) № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics showed no clear difference in infected episiotomy/laceration (organ or space infection) № of… compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.11 [0.01, 2.05]
Studies not reported
Low
Infected episiotomy/laceration (wound breakdown) № of participants: 2593 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics probably leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (wound breakdown) № of participants:… compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.52 [0.43, 0.63]
Studies not reported
Moderate
Endometritis · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics showed no clear difference in endometritis № of participants: 3813 (2 RCTs) compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.32 [0.04, 2.64]
Studies not reported
Low
Urinary tract infection ‐ not measured · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Serious infectious complications · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics leads to lower serious infectious complications № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.44 [0.22, 0.89]
Studies not reported
High
Maternal adverse reactions · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics showed no clear difference in maternal adverse reactions № of participants: 2593 (1 RCT) compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 2 [0.18, 22.05]
Studies not reported
Low
Preterm prelabour rupture of membranes · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
Prophylactic antibiotics showed no clear difference in preterm prelabour rupture of membranes compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Prelabour rupture of membranes · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
Prophylactic antibiotics may leads to lower prelabour rupture of membranes compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Preterm birth · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
Prophylactic antibiotics showed no clear difference in preterm delivery compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Chorioamnionitis · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
It is very uncertain whether prophylactic antibiotics changes chorioamnionitis compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review