Puerperal sepsis/postpartum endometritis · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
Prophylactic antibiotics probably leads to lower puerperal sepsis/postpartum endometritis compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intrapartum fever needing treatment with antibiotics · women in the second or third trimester of pregnancy before labour and delivery
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal and neonatal mortality · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Wound infection · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Antibiotics (short duration) showed no clear difference in wound infection compared with antibiotics (long duration) postpartum (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Need for additional antibiotic therapy · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Endometritis · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Postpartum readmission for endometritis · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery) · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
Antibiotics (short duration) showed no clear difference in treatment failure (vaginal and cesarean delivery) compared with antibiotics (long duration) postpartum (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious neonatal morbidity
It is very uncertain whether cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics changes serious neonatal morbidity (Reported in Miller 2014 as 'composite… compared with cervical cerclage alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Perinatal loss: all ‐ including miscarriages and stillbirth (Note: data not available for neonatal death)
It is very uncertain whether cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics changes perinatal loss: all ‐ including miscarriages and stillbirth (Note:… compared with cervical cerclage alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Baby discharged home healthy
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Death of the baby before discharge: neonatal death
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Stillbirth (death after 24 weeks inutero)
1 finding from 1 review
Preterm birth less than 34 weeks' gestation
It is very uncertain whether cervical cerclage in combination with antibiotics and tocolytics changes preterm birth < 34 completed weeks of pregnancy compared with cervical cerclage alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal composite morbidity · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… leads to lower maternal composite morbidity compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Endomyometritis · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… leads to lower maternal endomyometritis compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Wound infection · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… leads to lower maternal wound Infection compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal UTI/cystitis/pyelonephritis · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… showed no clear difference in maternal UTI/cystitis/pyelonephritis compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal respiratory infection (pneumonia) · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… showed no clear difference in maternal respiratory infection (pneumonia) compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review