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Clorhexidina vaginal durante el trabajo de parto para la prevención de la infección neonatal por estreptococos del grupo B de inicio temprano

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  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
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  1. 14 diciembre 2014see what's new
Tipo:
  1. Intervention
Etapa:
  1. Review
Grupo Editorial Cochrane:
  1. Grupo Cochrane de Embarazo y parto

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  1. Copyright © 2014 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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  • Arne Ohlsson

    Correspondencia a: Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    [email protected]

  • Vibhuti S Shah

    Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

  • Brenda C Stade

    Department of Pediatrics, St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada

Contributions of authors

Arne Ohlsson: design of review; editing text of protocol; evaluation of methodologic quality of included trials; and editing text of review.

Vibhuti Shah: design of review; editing text of protocol; identification of trials for inclusion; evaluation of methodologic quality of included trials; abstraction of data; and editing text of review.

Brenda Stade: design of review; writing text of protocol; literature search and identification of trials for inclusion; evaluation of methodologic quality of included trials;abstraction of data; verifying and entering data into Review Manager; and writing text of review.

All three review authors contributed to the 2004 update of this review (Stade 2004).

For the 2014 update, all three review authors assessed the identified trials for inclusion or exclusion. Arne Ohlsson became the contact author; revised the background and methods sections. Arne Ohlsson and Vibhuti Shah extracted data from all included trials and completed the 'Risk of bias' tables. Vibhuti Shah developed the 'Summary of findings' table. Vibhuti Shah and Brenda Stade edited the text and checked the 'Risk of bias' table and the 'Summary of findings' table for accuracy.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

  • Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada.

External sources

  • UNDP‐UNFPA‐UNICEF‐WHO‐World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization, Switzerland.

Declarations of interest

Arne Ohlsson, Vibhuti Shah and Brenda Stade have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Acknowledgements

Marianne Bracht, RN: translation of articles from Spanish into English.

We would like to thank Erika Ota for her support in the creation of the 'Summary of findings' table for this update. Erika Ota's work was financially supported by the UNDP/UNFPA/UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Special Programme of Research, Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction (HRP), Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR), World Health Organization. The named authors alone are responsible for the views expressed in this publication.

Dr. Anna‐Karin Dykes provided additional information regarding the Christensen 1987 study.

As part of the pre‐publication editorial process, this review has been commented on by three peers (an editor and two referees who are external to the editorial team), a member of the Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's international panel of consumers and the Group's Statistical Adviser.

Version history

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Title

Stage

Authors

Version

2014 Dec 14

Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early‐onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection

Review

Arne Ohlsson, Vibhuti S Shah, Brenda C Stade

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003520.pub3

2004 Jul 19

Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent early‐onset neonatal group B streptococcal infection

Review

Brenda C Stade, Vibhuti S Shah, Arne Ohlsson

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003520.pub2

2002 Jan 21

Vaginal chlorhexidine during labour to prevent neonatal group B streptococcal infection

Protocol

Brenda C Stade, Vibhuti Shah, Arne Ohlsson

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003520

Differences between protocol and review

For this update GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life was added as a non‐prespecified outcome.

Keywords

MeSH

PICO

Population
Intervention
Comparison
Outcome

El uso y la enseñanza del modelo PICO están muy extendidos en el ámbito de la atención sanitaria basada en la evidencia para formular preguntas y estrategias de búsqueda y para caracterizar estudios o metanálisis clínicos. PICO son las siglas en inglés de cuatro posibles componentes de una pregunta de investigación: paciente, población o problema; intervención; comparación; desenlace (outcome).

Para saber más sobre el uso del modelo PICO, puede consultar el Manual Cochrane.

'Risk of bias' graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.
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Figure 1

'Risk of bias' graph: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item presented as percentages across all included studies.

'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.
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Figure 2

'Risk of bias' summary: review authors' judgements about each risk of bias item for each included study.

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life)).
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life)).

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection.
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection.

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother.
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother.

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate.
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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate.

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis) within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis) within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within in the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within in the first seven days of life.

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 2.3

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Adverse effects (mild) in the mother.
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Analysis 2.4

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Adverse effects (mild) in the mother.

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse effects (mild) in the neonate.
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Analysis 2.5

Comparison 2 Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse effects (mild) in the neonate.

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life).
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life).

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life.

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection.
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Analysis 3.4

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection.

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother.
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Analysis 3.5

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother.

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate.
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Analysis 3.6

Comparison 3 Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment, Outcome 6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate.

Summary of findings for the main comparison. Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment

Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment

Population: women with vaginal or rectal colonization with GBS during labour and their preterm/term infants
Settings: hospitals in The Netherlands, Sweden, Belgium, Norway
Intervention: chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment

Outcomes

Illustrative comparative risks* (95% CI)

Relative effect
(95% CI)

No of Participants
(studies)

Quality of the evidence
(GRADE)

Comments

Assumed risk

Corresponding risk

Control

Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment

Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life))

Study population

RR 2.32
(0.34 to 15.63)

987
(2 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
very low1,2

2 per 1000

4 per 1000
(1 to 29)

Moderate

1 per 1000

2 per 1000
(0 to 16)

GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life

Study population

RR 0.35
(0.01 to 8.6)

987
(2 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
very low1,2

2 per 1000

1 per 1000
(0 to 16)

Moderate

1 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 9)

Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life

Study population

RR 0.64
(0.4 to 1.01)

328
(3 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
very low1,3

225 per 1000

144 per 1000
(90 to 227)

Moderate

333 per 1000

213 per 1000
(133 to 336)

Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection

See comment

See comment

Not estimable

190
(1 study)

See comment

The outcome was reported with no events.

Adverse (mild) effects in the mother

Study population

RR 8.5
(1.6 to 45.28)

1066
(3 studies)

⊕⊝⊝⊝
very low1,3

2 per 1000

15 per 1000
(3 to 78)

Moderate

0 per 1000

0 per 1000
(0 to 0)

Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate

See comment

See comment

Not estimable

1066
(3 studies)

See comment

The outcome was reported with no events.

*The basis for the assumed risk (e.g. the median control group risk across studies) is provided in footnotes. The corresponding risk (and its 95% confidence interval) is based on the assumed risk in the comparison group and the relative effect of the intervention (and its 95% CI).
CI: Confidence interval; RR: Risk ratio;

GRADE Working Group grades of evidence
High quality: Further research is very unlikely to change our confidence in the estimate of effect.
Moderate quality: Further research is likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and may change the estimate.
Low quality: Further research is very likely to have an important impact on our confidence in the estimate of effect and is likely to change the estimate.
Very low quality: We are very uncertain about the estimate.

1 Most studies contributing data had design limitations.
2 Wide confidence interval crossing the line of no effect and few events.
3 Few events and small sample size.

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Summary of findings for the main comparison. Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment
Comparison 1. Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life)) Show forest plot

2

987

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

2.32 [0.34, 15.63]

2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

2

987

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.35 [0.01, 8.60]

3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

3

328

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)

0.65 [0.36, 1.18]

4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother Show forest plot

3

1066

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

8.50 [1.60, 45.28]

6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate Show forest plot

3

1066

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

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Comparison 1. Chlorhexidine (vaginal wash or gel/cream) versus placebo or no treatment
Comparison 2. Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis) within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

1

797

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.05 [0.07, 16.79]

2 GBS pneumonia within in the first seven days of life Show forest plot

1

797

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.35 [0.01, 8.60]

3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

1

79

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.32 [0.12, 0.90]

4 Adverse effects (mild) in the mother Show forest plot

2

876

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

8.50 [1.60, 45.28]

5 Adverse effects (mild) in the neonate Show forest plot

2

876

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

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Comparison 2. Chlorhexidine vaginal wash versus mechanical washing with placebo or no treatment
Comparison 3. Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Early onset GBS disease (sepsis and/or meningitis within the first seven days of life) Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

6.0 [0.25, 145.22]

2 GBS pneumonia within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

3 Neonatal colonization with GBS within the first seven days of life Show forest plot

2

249

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.81 [0.48, 1.35]

4 Neonatal mortality due to early‐onset GBS infection Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

5 Adverse (mild) effects in the mother Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

6 Adverse (mild) effects in the neonate Show forest plot

1

190

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

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Comparison 3. Chlorhexidine digluconate gel or cream versus placebo or no treatment