What do systematic reviews say?

Intravenous vs intramuscular oxytocin

Intravenous showed no clear difference in serious maternal morbidity compared with intramuscular oxytocin (moderate certainty).

• Intravenous versus intramuscular prophylactic oxytocin for reducing blood loss in the third stage of labour 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.47 [0.22, 1]
  4 studies · 7028 participants
  Moderate

Paracervical vs intravenous diazepam/pethidine analgesia

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Anaesthesia/analgesia for manual removal of retained placenta 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Vaginal misoprostol vs intravenous (IV) oxytocin

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Foley catheter vs intravenous (IV) oxytocin

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Vaginal PGE2 vs intravenous (IV) oxytocin

Vaginal PGE2 showed no clear difference in serious maternal morbidity or death compared with intravenous (IV) oxytocin (low certainty).

• Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 3 [0.13, 69.7]
  1 study · 42 participants
  Low

Amniotic membranes sweeping vs intravenous oxytocin/amniotomy

• Membrane sweeping for induction of labour 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 69 participants
  Low