Cochrane · systematic review · CD008545

Hepatitis B immunoglobulin during pregnancy for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of hepatitis B virus

Eke, AC, Eleje, GU, Eke, UA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 2 · 40%Very low 2 · 40%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) versus no intervention for prevention of mother‐to‐child transmission of hepatitis B virus

5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause mortality or other serous adverse events of the newborn
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) vs no intervention
no estimate extracted0 studies · 1 participantsUngraded
All‐cause mortality or other serous adverse events of the mothers
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) vs no intervention
no estimate extracted0 studies · 1 participantsUngraded
Newborn with HBsAg‐positive result
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) vs no intervention
RR 0.3 [0.24, 0.38]29 studies · 5310 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, indirectness
Newborn with HBeAg‐positive result
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) vs no intervention
RR 0.68 [0.43, 1.05]7 studies · 1764 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, indirectness
Newborn with HBV‐DNA‐positive result
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin (HBIG) vs no intervention
RR 0.25 [0.15, 0.42]16 studies · 2130 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias