Dear All,

The Pregnancy and Childbirth Group's new contributions for publication in The Cochrane Library, Issue 9, 2013 (which were published during September 2013) were as follows: 4 new reviews; 1 new protocol; 2 updated reviews – see details below. Thank you to everybody who contributed to this issue.

Many thanks to those of you who came to our PCG contributors’ meeting (held during the Cochrane Colloquium in Quebec last month). The meeting was well attended and it was great to meet some of you there - see picture attached.

Best wishes

Frances

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PCG contribution to The Cochrane Library, Issue 9, 2013 was: 521 reviews and 84 protocols
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New Reviews (4)

· Analgesia for forceps delivery (Nikpoor P, Bain E)

· Combined oestrogen and progesterone for preventing miscarriage (Lim CED, Ho KKW, Cheng NCL, Wong FWS)

· Secondary suturing compared to non-suturing for broken down perineal wounds following childbirth (Dudley LM, Kettle C, Ismail KMK)

· Titrated oral misoprostol for augmenting labour to improve maternal and neonatal outcomes (Vogel JP, West HM, Dowswell T)

Updated (conclusions not changed) review (2)

· Caesarean section versus vaginal delivery for preterm birth in singletons (Alfirevic Z, Milan SJ, Livio S)

· Package of care for active management in labour for reducing caesarean section rates in low-risk women (Brown HC, Paranjothy S, Dowswell T, Thomas J)

New Protocols (1)

· Postpartum rubella vaccination for sero-negative women (Alzeidan RA, Wahabi HA, Fayed AA, Esmaeil SA, Amer YS)

Frances Kellie
Managing Editor, Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group

Tel: +44 151 795 9571

http://pregnancy.cochrane.org