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. 2017 Jun 12;2017(6):CD005297. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005297.pub3

1. Other obstetric outcomes.

Outcome Study ID
Birth weight ≥ 2500 g Radnai 2009
Small for gestational age (10th percentile) Michalowicz 2006; Newnham 2009; Offenbacher 2009
Preterm/low birth weight López 2002; López 2005; Oliveira 2011; Radnai 2009; Sadatmansouri 2006; Pirie 2013
Birth length Michalowicz 2006; Newnham 2009; Offenbacher 2009; Pirie 2013
Head circumference Newnham 2009; Pirie 2013
Amniotic fluid index (< 5 cm, > 25 cm) Newnham 2009
Umbilical artery S/D ratios Newnham 2009
Umbilical cord artery/vein blood (number, pH, PCO2, PO2, base excess) Newnham 2009
Meconium in amniotic fluid Newnham 2009
Decision on delivery based on electronic fetal heart rate monitoring Newnham 2009
Scalp pH measured in labour Newnham 2009
Nonreassuring fetal heart rate pattern Newnham 2009
Caesarean delivery for nonreassuring fetal heart rate Newnham 2009
Electronic fetal heart rate monitoring in labour Newnham 2009
Ventilation Newnham 2009
Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) Newnham 2009
Oxygen Newnham 2009
Special care nursery admission Newnham 2009
1‐min Apgar score Pirie 2013
5‐min Apgar score (0‐3, 4‐7, 8‐10) Offenbacher 2009; Pirie 2013
Apgar score (< 7 at 1 min, < 7 at 5 min) Michalowicz 2006; Newnham 2009; Pirie 2013
Admission to neonatal intensive care unit (number admitted, length of stay > 2 days, discharged alive) Michalowicz 2006; Offenbacher 2009
Sepsis necessitating antibiotics Newnham 2009
Composite neonatal morbidity/mortality Macones 2010; Newnham 2009; Offenbacher 2009
HELLP syndrome, severe pre‐eclampsia Herrera 2009
Prenatal visits López 2005
Onset of labour (spontaneous, induced, augmented, no labour) Newnham 2009
Mode of delivery (spontaneous vaginal, assisted vaginal, elective caesarean, emergency caesarean) Newnham 2009; Pirie 2013
Fever > 37o C in labour Newnham 2009
Postpartum haemorrhage (> 1000 mL) Newnham 2009
Retained placenta Newnham 2009
Fraction of expected birth weight Newnham 2009
Urinary tract infection Farrell 2003; López 2005
Vaginosis, underweight, onset prenatal care after 20 weeks of gestation López 2005

S/D = systolic/diastolic ratio.