Table 25, GRADE findings for correlation of fetal heart rate late decelerations with neonatal convulsions - Addendum to intrapartum care: care for healthy women and babies

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Quality assessment						Stage of labour	Number of women & baby pairs	Correlation coefficient (p value)	Quality
Number of studies	Design	Risk of bias	Inconsistency	Indirectness	Imprecision	Stage of labour	Number of women & baby pairs	Correlation coefficient (p value)	Quality
Late decelerations^a
1 study (Ellison 1991)	Case series	No serious risk of bias	No serious inconsistency	Serious¹	No serious imprecision	1st stage	135	r: 0.38 (p < 0.001)	Low
1 study (Ellison 1991	Case series	No serious risk of bias	No serious inconsistency	Serious¹	No serious imprecision	2nd stage	135	r: −0.32 (p < 0.001)	Low

a: Original cohort from Dublin RCT (MacDonald 1985), no definition of “deceleration” reported
1: Women with pre-existing medical and obstetric conditions were included

Addendum to intrapartum care: care for healthy women and babies.

Clinical Guideline, No. 190.1.

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