13/89/05 - Pregnancy and Childbirth systematic reviews to support clinical guidelines

Research type: Evidence Synthesis

Start date: July 2014

Publication date: January 2018

Cost: £418,367.00

Contractor: University of Liverpool 

Publications 

• Bed rest with and without hospitalisation in multiple pregnancy for improving perinatal outcomes
• Breastfeeding education and support for women with twins or higher order multiples
• Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections of insulin for pregnant women with diabetes
• Dietary advice interventions in pregnancy for preventing gestational diabetes mellitus
• Different insulin types and regimes for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
• Different intensities of glycaemic control for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
• Different methods and settings for glucose monitoring for gestational diabetes during pregnancy
• Different strategies for diagnosing gestational diabetes to improve maternal and infant health
• Different types of dietary advice for women with gestational diabetes mellitus
• Elective repeat caesarean section versus induction of labour for women with a previous caesarean birth
• Exercise for pregnant women with gestational diabetes for improving maternal and fetal outcomes
• Exercise for pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes for improving maternal and fetal outcomes
• Expedited versus conservative approaches for vaginal delivery in breech presentation
• External cephalic version for breech presentation at term 
• External cephalic version for breech presentation before term
• Fetal and umbilical Doppler ultrasound in high-risk pregnancies
• Home uterine monitoring for detecting preterm labour
• Immediate versus deferred delivery of the preterm baby with suspected fetal compromise for improving outcomes
• Induction of labour at or near term for suspected fetal macrosomia
• Insulin for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
• Interventions for helping to turn term breech babies to head first presentation when using external cephalic version 
• Lifestyle interventions for the treatment of women with gestational diabetes
• Methods of term labour induction for women with a previous caesarean section
• Nutritional advice for improving outcomes in multiple pregnancies 
• Oral anti-diabetic agents for women with established diabetes/impaired glucose tolerance or previous gestational diabetes planning pregnancy, or pregnant women with pre-existing diabetes
• Planned caesarean section for term breech delivery
• Planned caesarean section for women with a twin pregnancy
• Planned early birth versus expectant management for women with preterm prelabour rupture of membranes prior to 37 weeks' gestation for improving pregnancy outcome
• Planned early birth versus expectant management (waiting) for prelabour rupture of membranes at term (37 weeks or more)
• Planned early delivery versus expectant management of the term suspected compromised baby for improving outcomes 
• Planned early delivery versus expectant management for monoamniotic twins
• Preconception care for diabetic women for improving maternal and infant health
• Prenatal administration of progestogens for preventing spontaneous preterm birth in women with a multiple pregnancy
• Prophylactic oral betamimetics for reducing preterm birth in women with a twin pregnancy
• Reduction of the number of fetuses for women with a multiple pregnancy
• Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus based on different risk profiles and settings for improving maternal and infant health
• Specialised antenatal clinics for women with a multiple pregnancy for improving maternal and infant outcomes
• Techniques of monitoring blood glucose during pregnancy for women with pre-existing diabetes