title: Interventions for treating placental abruption.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Placental abruption is an important cause of maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To assess the effectiveness and safety of any intervention for the care of women and/or their babies following a diagnosis of placental abruption.
  
  
  METHODS
  Comprehensive electronic search of the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth trials register. Date of last search: October 2002.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomised and 'quasi-randomised' trials that report clinically meaningful outcomes and present results on an intention to treat basis.
  
  
  METHODS
  If eligible trials were to be identified, data will be extracted, unblinded, by the reviewer from all studies.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No studies that met the inclusion criteria were identified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The clinical management of placental abruption has to rely on knowledge other than that obtained through randomised clinical trials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK, L69 3BX. jneilson@liverpool.ac.uk
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Neilson
mesh_terms: D000037:Abruptio Placentae / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy