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. 2017 Mar 3;2017(3):CD004735. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004735.pub4

Koroveshi 2013.

Methods Prospective RCT
Duration of study: March 2008‐October 2011
Participants Setting: Albania
Participants: 307 pregnant women, 157 in planned early birth group and 150 to expectant management group
Inclusion criteria
  • Women with preterm premature rupture of the membranes

  • 34‐37 weeks' gestation


Exclusion criteria
  • Not defined

Interventions Planned early birth versus expectant management ‐ not defined
Outcomes Maternal
  • Caesarean section


Fetal
  • Neonatal sepsis

  • RDS

Notes Abstract only. Limited data available
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Method not specified
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not specified
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Blinding not possible due to intervention. However the risk was unclear as assessment criteria for outcomes was not mentioned
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not specified
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not specified
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Only 3 outcomes as well as secondary unspecified outcomes reported in abstract. Full paper not published
Other bias Unclear risk As this is an abstract publication only, cannot determine the overall risk of bias