Labour induction with prostaglandins: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the effectiveness and safety of prostaglandins used for labour induction.

Design

Systematic review with Bayesian network meta-analysis

Data sources

The Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's Database of Trials (which incorporates the results of a broad generic search for all pregnancy and postpartum trials). Sources included are CENTRAL, Medline, Embase, NHS Economic Evaluation Database, CINAHL, relevant journals, conference proceedings, and registries of ongoing trials.

Eligibility criteria for selecting studies

Randomised clinical trials of prostaglandin or prostaglandin analogues used for third trimester cervical ripening or labour induction versus placebo or no treatment, alternative prostaglandin dose or administration, or a differe

SUBMITTER: Alfirevic Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4353287 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature