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Review: data are lacking on the effect of bed rest in women with singleton pregnancies who are at high risk of preterm birth

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 Q In women with a singleton pregnancy who are at high risk of spontaneous preterm birth, what is the effect of bed rest in hospital or at home for preventing preterm birth?

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Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register, Medline, EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, LILACS, and POPLINE (all searched July 2003); the Cochrane Library (Issue 2, 2003); key journals; bibliographies of relevant papers; and conference proceedings.

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randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi RCTs that assessed clinical outcomes in women at high risk of spontaneous preterm birth who were prescribed bed rest in hospital or at …

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  • For correspondence: Dr F Althabe, Latin American Center for Perinatology and Human Development, Montevideo, Uruguay. althabef{at}clap.ops-oms.org

  • Source of funding: not stated.