Caesarean section · pregnant women with GDM
Summary of findings: Low‐moderate GI diet showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with moderate‐high GI diet (maternal outcomes) (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · Pregnant women at low risk of complications
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Caesarean section · women at increased risk of low birthweight babies (maternal outcomes)
Additional support probably leads to lower caesarean section compared with usual care during pregnancy (moderate certainty).
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Rate of caesarean section · Low risk pregnant women. All of the women were in labour.
Admission cardiotocography showed no clear difference in incidence of caesarean section compared with intermittent auscultation (low‐risk women) (moderate certainty).
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Intervention not reported
Caesarean section ‐ low risk group · nurses, midwives, physicians
The intervention showed no clear difference in caesarean section ‐ low risk group (high certainty).
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no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
High
Caesarean section · third trimester induction of labour in women with a viable fetus
Balloon (Foley or ATAD) may leads to higher caesarean section compared with low‐dose vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · third trimester induction of labour in women with a viable fetus
Balloon (Foley or ATAD) probably leads to higher caesarean section compared with low‐dose oral misoprostol (moderate certainty).
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Caesarean section · women in the second stage of labour with epidural anaesthesia
Upright position leads to higher caesarean section compared with recumbent position (sensitivity analyses ‐ studies at low risk of… (high certainty).
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Caesarean section · pregnant women at low or high risk of gestational diabetes
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Caesarean section · pregnant women with a previous low transverse caesarean section, singleton live pregnancy with cephalic presentation, period of gestation…
Foley catheter showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with intravenous (IV) oxytocin (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · pregnant women, 40 weeks' gestation, single cephalic presentation, 1 previous low segment caesarean section
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
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no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Caesarean section · pregnant women with 1 previous lower segment caesarean section at 37 weeks and beyond, with a BS of ≤ 6, intact membranes, reactive…
It is very uncertain whether vaginal isosorbide mononitrate changes caesarean section compared with foley catheter (very low certainty).
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Caesarean section · women with one previous lower segment caesarean section and requiring labour induction due to prolonged pregnancy or pre‐eclampsia,…
Vaginal PGE2 showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with intravenous (IV) oxytocin (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · pregnant women who previously had a lower segment CS and now have a singleton cephalic presentation after at least 36 completed weeks, not…
80 mL showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with 30 mL Foley catheter (moderate certainty).
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Intervention not reported
Caesarean section · women in late pregnancy (after 24 weeks' gestation) in both unselected populations and designated low‐risk populations
The intervention showed no clear difference in caesarean section (high certainty).
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Caesarean section · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with vaginal misoprostol (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · women with ruptured membranes in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with placebo/no treatment (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol probably leads to lower caesarean section compared with intravenous oxytocin (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · women in the third trimester for induction of labour.
Oral misoprostol may leads to lower caesarean section compared with mechanical methods (low certainty).
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Caesarean section · women in the third trimester for induction of labour with intact membranes
It is very uncertain whether oral misoprostol one‐ to two‐hourly changes caesarean section compared with oral misoprostol four‐ to six‐hourly (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review