Background: Failure of the normal expansion of plasma volume in the mother is associated with impaired fetal growth and pre-eclampsia.
Objectives: The objective of this review was to assess the effects of plasma volume expansion for suspected impaired fetal growth.
Search strategy: We searched the Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register and the Cochrane Controlled Trials Register. Date of last search: December 1999.
Selection criteria: Randomized or quasi-randomized trials of plasma volume expansion compared to no plasma volume expansion in women with suspected impaired fetal growth.
Data collection and analysis: Trial quality was assessed.
Main results: No studies were included.
Reviewer's conclusions: There is not enough evidence to evaluate the use of plasma volume expansion for suspected impaired fetal growth.