Caesarean delivery and subsequent stillbirth or miscarriage: systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare the risk of stillbirth and miscarriage in a subsequent pregnancy in women with a previous caesarean or vaginal delivery.

Design

Systematic review of the published literature including seven databases: CINAHL; the Cochrane library; Embase; Medline; PubMed; SCOPUS and Web of Knowledge from 1945 until November 11(th) 2011, using a detailed search-strategy and cross-checking of reference lists.

Study selection

Cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies examining the association between previous caesarean section and subsequent stillbirth or miscarriage risk. Two assessors screened titles to identify eligible studies, using a standardised data abstraction form and assessed study quality.

Data synthesis

11 articles were included for stillbi

SUBMITTER: O'Neill SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3553078 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature