Acidotic cord gasses (arterial umbilical pH < 7.10) · pregnant women in latent phase of labour stimulated with oxytocin for with induction of labour. No exclusion criteria were applied in…
Discontinued intravenous (IV) oxytocin stimulation may leads to higher acidotic cord gasses (arterial umbilical pH < 7.10) compared with continued IV oxytocin stimulation (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
Neonatal sepsis · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… showed no clear difference in neonatal sepsis compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit · women undergoing caesarean section
Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics administered before cesarean… showed no clear difference in neonatal ICU admission compared with after neonatal umbilical cord clamping (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal death · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Fatigue ‐ not reported · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Persistent anaemia symptoms Reported by the women · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
It is very uncertain whether intravenous iron with oral iron changes persistent anaemia symptoms ‐ 1 week Visual Analogue Scale ≥ 7 compared with oral iron (Comparison 6) (very low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 1.75 [0.56, 5.46]
1 study · 72 participants
Very low
RR 0.6 [0.15, 2.33]
1 study · 72 participants
Very low
RR 3 [0.33, 27.5]
1 study · 72 participants
Very low
Infections ‐ not reported · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Anaphylaxis or evidence of hypersensitivity Clinical assessment · women with postpartum iron deficiency anaemia
1 finding from 1 review
Severe PPH (≥ 1000 mL) · women in the third stage of labour
Intravenous/intramuscular ergot alkaloids may leads to lower estimated or measured blood loss of at least 1000 mL visual estimation compared with no uterotonic agents (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Haemoglobin (g/dL) · women in the third stage of labour
1 finding from 1 review
Use of therapeutic uterotonics · women in the third stage of labour
Intravenous/intramuscular ergot alkaloids may leads to lower use of therapeutic uterotonics compared with no uterotonic agents (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Elevation of blood pressure · women in the third stage of labour
Intravenous/intramuscular ergot alkaloids may leads to higher elevation of blood pressure compared with no uterotonic agents (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain after birth requiring analgesia (not prespecified) · women in the third stage of labour
Intravenous/intramuscular ergot alkaloids probably leads to higher pain after birth requiring analgesia (not prespecified) compared with no uterotonic agents (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mean blood loss (mL) visual estimation · women in the third stage of labour
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal blood loss of 500 mL or greater · women in the third stage of labour
Intravenous/intramuscular ergot alkaloids may leads to lower estimated or measured blood loss of at least 500 mL visual estimation compared with no uterotonic agents (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review