Significant maternal morbidity one or more of the following: significant postpartum haemorrhage requiring blood transfusion; maternal admission to intensive care unit; uterine rupture; hysterectomy · pregnant women with a term suspected compromised baby
Planned early delivery showed no clear difference in significant maternal morbidity one or more of the following:… compared with expectant management (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit · pregnant women with a term suspected compromised baby
It is very uncertain whether planned early delivery changes admission to NICU compared with expectant management (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · pregnant women with a term suspected compromised baby
Planned early delivery showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with expectant management (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Instrumental delivery · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in instrumental delivery compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of 1st stage of labour · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of second stage (minutes) · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Apgar score less than 7 at 5 minutes · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
Early initiation of epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in apgar score <7 at 5 min compared with late initiation (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Umbilical artery pH · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
Umblical vein pH · pregnant women (at term) requesting epidural analgesia in labour (regardless of whether the labour was spontaneous or induced)
1 finding from 1 review
All known pregnancy loss (including termination of pregnancy) · prenatal diagnosis
Early amniocentesis showed no clear difference in all known pregnancy loss (including termination of pregnancy) compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Miscarriage · prenatal diagnosis
Early amniocentesis probably leads to higher spontaneous miscarriage compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Sampling failure · prenatal diagnosis
Early amniocentesis showed no clear difference in sampling failure compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Laboratory failure · prenatal diagnosis
Early amniocentesis showed no clear difference in laboratory failure compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Known false negative after birth · prenatal diagnosis
1 finding from 1 review
Delivery before 33 weeks · prenatal diagnosis
Early amniocentesis showed no clear difference in delivery before 33 weeks compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Anomalies (all recorded) · prenatal diagnosis
It is very uncertain whether early amniocentesis changes anomalies (all recorded) compared with transabdominal chorionic villus sampling (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life)) · women with vaginal or rectal colonization with GBS during labour and their preterm/term infants
It is very uncertain whether chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) changes early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first… compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection · women with vaginal or rectal colonization with GBS during labour and their preterm/term infants
1 finding from 1 review
C1: Total deaths (after randomisation) up to early childhood · the child
Summary of findings table ‐ Repeat dose(s) of prenatal corticosteroids showed no clear difference in C1: Total deaths (after randomisation) up to early childhood compared with single course (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review