Systematic Reviews of Drug Treatments for Pregnancy Complications

Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of drug treatments for pregnancy complications.

Reviewed December 2011

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Title:   Duration of treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Asymptomatic bacteriuria is a urinary tract infection (without symptoms) common in pregnancy. If untreated, it can lead to pyelonephritis (kidney infection). Antibiotic treatment is recommended. This review aimed to identify whether single-dose antibiot...
Date:   Nov 2011
Title:   Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion versus multiple daily injections of insulin for pregnant women with diabetes
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There is insufficient evidence on the effects of different ways of administering insulin for pregnant women with diabetes. Diabetes is a condition in which glucose (sugar) in the blood is too high because the body is resistant to the effects of insulin ...
Date:   Sep 2011
Title:   Treatments for anaemia in pregnancy thought to be due to iron deficiency
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   When the blood has insufficient red cells, or the red cells carry insufficient haemoglobin to deliver adequate oxygen to the tissues, this is called anaemia. There is normally a reduction in the haemoglobin concentrations in the mother's blood during pr...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Active management of third stage of labour with ergot alkaloid drugs (e.g. ergometrine)
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The third stage of labour is the period from birth of the baby to the expulsion of the placenta and membranes. As the placenta separates, there is inevitably some blood loss from the placental site until the muscles of the uterus clamp the blood vessels...
Date:   Aug 2011
Title:   Antenatal interventions for fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   The optimal management of pregnant women with a previous child affected by fetomaternal alloimmune thrombocytopenia remains unclear. Differences between the platelets of an unborn baby and their mother, because of a fetal platelet alloantigen inherited ...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Interventions for trichomoniasis in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Metronidazole is effective against a trichomoniasis infection during pregnancy, but may increase the risk of preterm and low birthweight babies. Trichomoniasis is a very common sexually transmitted infection. Symptoms include vaginal itching and dischar...
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   Oral anti-diabetic agents for women with pre-existing diabetes mellitus, impaired glucose tolerance or previous gestational diabetes mellitus
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregnant women with type 1 or type 2 diabetes are at a greater risk of adverse outcomes in pregnancy, such as miscarriage or large babies and preterm birth. Being pregnant can trigger diabetes in women with impaired glucose tolerance or can accelerate t...
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Corticosteroids for HELLP syndrome in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pre-eclampsia is a serious complication of pregnancy characterized by high blood pressure with protein in the urine and sometimes progression to seizures (fits). HELLP syndrome is a more severe form of pre-eclampsia which can cause problems with liver f...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   No evidence located from randomised trials for drugs to treat pregnant women with hyperthyroidism
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy is a rare, serious condition which can increase the risks of miscarriage, stillbirth, preterm birth, and intrauterine growth restriction. Pregnant women who are hyperthyroid may also develop severe pre-eclampsia or placental...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Haematological interventions for treating disseminated intravascular coagulation during pregnancy and postpartum
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Evidence from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) to establish the beneficial and harmful effects of drugs altering blood clotting for treating disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) in pregnant women and following birth is lacking. DIC is charact...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Different antibiotic regimens for treating pregnant women with bacteria in their urine and without symptoms of urinary tract infection
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Between 5% and 10% of pregnant women have bacteria in their urine without symptoms of infection (asymptomatic bacteriuria). If left untreated, women may go on to develop serious complications such as kidney infection or preterm birth. In this review we ...
Date:   Jul 2010
Title:   Giving oral magnesium maintenance therapy to women to prevent preterm birth after stopping threatened preterm labour
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Magnesium does not reduce preterm birth or improve the outcome for the infant when given to women after contractions of preterm labour have been stopped. Babies born preterm, before 37 weeks, may not survive or they may have later physical health and d...
Date:   May 2010
Title:   Antithrombotic therapy for improving maternal or infant health outcomes in women considered at risk of placental dysfunction
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, intrauterine fetal growth restriction and placental abruption are thought to be related to abnormalities in the development and function of the placenta. Treatment with heparin to prevent the ...
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Antibiotics for syphilis diagnosed during pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Penicillin is effective in curing syphilis during pregnancy but more research is needed on the best dosage and duration of treatment. Syphilis is a potentially fatal, sexually transmitted disease that passes from a pregnant woman to her unborn baby. If ...
Date:   Jan 2010
Title:   Preventing deep vein clots or thrombosis (DVT) in pregnancy and after the birth
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Some women are at risk of forming blood clots in a deep vein during pregnancy, after a caesarean birth, or during the first few weeks after childbirth. If part of the clot breaks off and lodges in a blood vessel in the lungs, it can be life-threatening....
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Maternal hydration for increasing amniotic fluid volume in oligohydramnios and normal amniotic fluid volume
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregnant women with too little fluid surrounding their babies can increase this by consuming liquid, although it is not known whether this improves outcomes. Oligohydramnios is where there is too little fluid surrounding the baby in the womb (uterus). T...
Date:   Oct 2009
Title:   Antenatal lower genital tract infection screening and treatment programs for preventing preterm delivery
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   A genital tract infection during pregnancy can cross into the amniotic fluid and result in prelabour rupture of the membranes and preterm labour. Such infections include bacterial vaginosis; chlamydial, trichomonas and gonorrhoeal infections; syphilis a...
Date:   Jul 2009
Title:   Antenatal phenobarbital for reducing neonatal jaundice after red cell isoimmunization
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Inadequate evidence on antenatal use of phenobarbital for reducing jaundice in babies born to mothers whose blood is incompatible with the baby's blood. The mothers and baby's bloods do not normally mix during pregnancy. However, occasionally there can ...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Antibiotics for gonorrhoea in pregnancy
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pregnant women with gonorrhoea who take penicillin, spectinomycin or ceftriaxone are much less likely to show signs of infection. Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a bacteria transmitted (passed) during sex, causing an infection in the genital area. Pregnant wom...
Date:   Jun 2009
Title:   Pharmacologic interventions for pregnant women enrolled in alcohol treatment programs
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Drinking alcohol during pregnancy is common. Yet no safe level of alcohol consumption is known, with no conclusive evidence on any adverse effects on the unborn child with low levels of alcohol. During pregnancy, more than two units per day or more than...
Date:   Mar 2009

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