TABLE 1.
Randomized controlled trials evaluating expectant or temporizing management compared with immediate delivery in early‐onset severe preeclampsia
First author | Year | n | GA at inclusion | Severe maternal morbidity (%) a | Severe neonatal morbidity (%) a | Prolongation of pregnancy (days) |
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Odendaal 10 b , c | 1990 | 38 | 28‐34 | 27 | NA | 7.1 |
Sibai 11 b , c | 1994 | 95 | 28‐32 | 4 | NA | 15.4 |
Mesbah 13 c | 2003 | 30 | 28‐33 | NA | NA | NA |
Vigil‐de Gracia 12 b | 2013 | 267 | 28‐33 | 25 | 56 | 8.1 |
n, number of inclusions; NA, not available.
Percentage of morbidity in the temporizing management group that was not statistically different from the immediate delivery group. In most studies it was not reported whether there was one or more morbidity.
HELLP syndrome was excluded.
Multiple pregnancies were excluded.