| Methods |
RCT. |
| Participants |
40 women. PROM, GA > 37 wks, no uterine contractions, no fetal distress, singleton, cephalic. |
| Interventions |
IV oxytocin, immediate
vs
expectant management. |
| Outcomes |
C/S, perinatal death, instrumental vaginal delivery, Apgar score < 7 at 5 minutes, postpartum haemorrhage, chorioamnionitis, endometritis, neonatal infection. |
| Notes |
Random numbers table. No mention of allocation concealment. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? |
Low risk |
Random number tables. |
| Allocation concealment? |
Unclear risk |
No information provided. |
| Blinding?
Women |
High risk |
Different management. |
| Blinding?
clinical staff |
High risk |
|
| Blinding?
outcome assessor |
High risk |
|
| Free of selective reporting? |
Low risk |
|
| Free of other bias? |
Unclear risk |
Small study with insufficient power to detect differnces between groups. |
