Serious maternal morbidity or death · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in maternal death or serious maternal morbidity compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious neonatal morbidity or perinatal death · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in perinatal or neonatal death or serious neonatal morbidity compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Disability in childhood · women with a twin pregnancy
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Perinatal or neonatal death · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in perinatal or neonatal death compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious neonatal morbidity · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in serious neonatal morbidity compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Longer‐term maternal outcomes: failure to breastfeed · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in longer‐term maternal outcomes: failure to breastfeed compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Postnatal depression · women with a twin pregnancy
Planned caesarean section showed no clear difference in longer‐term maternal outcomes: postnatal depression, as defined by… compared with planned vaginal birth (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · pregnant women with gestational diabetes, between 38 ‐ 39 gestational weeks, without other maternal or fetal conditions.
It is very uncertain whether planned elective birth (induction or caesarean) changes caesarean section compared with expectant management (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · Pregnant women at low risk of complications
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Caesarean section · preterm prelabour rupture of membranes (PPROM)
Planned early birth leads to higher caesarean section compared with expectant management (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · women with prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks' gestation or later)
Planned early birth showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with expectant management (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Caesarean section · pregnant women with hypertensive disorders from 34 weeks' gestation to term
Planned early delivery showed no clear difference in caesarean section compared with expectant management (moderate certainty).
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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
Respiratory distress syndrome · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) showed no clear difference in respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Transient tachypnoea of the neonate (TTN) · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) showed no clear difference in transient tachypnoea of the neonate (TTN) compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Admission to neonatal special care (all levels) for respiratory morbidity · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
Effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) probably leads to lower admission to neonatal special care (all levels) for respiratory… compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Need for mechanical ventilation · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
It is very uncertain whether effect of antenatal corticosteroids (betamethasone) changes need for mechanical ventilation compared with usual care prior to planned caesarean at term on maternal and… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal hypoglycaemia · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
1 finding from 1 review
Severe maternal morbidity and mortality index · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal development of postpartum infection/pyrexia in the first 72 hours · women undergoing planned elective caesarean section at 37 weeks' gestation and beyond for singleton pregnancy
1 finding from 1 review