Cochrane · systematic review · CD009243

Antispasmodics for labour

Rohwer, AC, Khondowe, O, Young, T · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

Pregnancy and Childbirth2 versionsAMSTAR 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

current version

GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 16.7%Low 4 · 66.7%Moderate 1 · 16.7%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

Current version only

Antispasmodics versus control

Population: Women in labour

CD009243.PUB3 (current) · 6 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Duration of first stage of labour minutes Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	13 studies · 1995 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Duration of second stage of labour minutes Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	10 studies · 1297 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Duration of third stage of labour minutes Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	5 studies · 765 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Total duration of labour minutes Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	7 studies · 797 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Rate of cervical dilatation cm/h Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	6 studies · 820 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Rate of normal vertex deliveries Antispasmodics vs control	RR 1.02 [1, 1.05]	16 studies · 2319 participants	Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias

Antispasmodics versus control

Population: patients in labour

CD009243.PUB2 · 6 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Duration of first stage of labour (min) Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	11 studies · 1507 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Duration of second stage of labour (min) Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	9 studies · 1109 participants	Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Duration of third stage of labour (min) Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	4 studies · 577 participants	Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias
Total duration of labour (min) Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	7 studies · 797 participants	Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Rate of cervical dilatation (cm/h) Antispasmodics vs control	no estimate extracted	5 studies · 632 participants	Low Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Rate of normal vertex deliveries Antispasmodics vs control	RR 1.01 [0.99, 1.04]	14 studies · 1831 participants	Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias