Pentoxifylline vs no intervention: Early mortality (mortality up to 90 days)
It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline changes early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Pentoxifylline vs no intervention Early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) · participants with alcoholic hepatitis (all severity) It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline changes early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) compared with no intervention (very low certainty). Pharmacological interventions for alcoholic liver disease (alcohol‐related liver disease) (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1.18 [0.81, 1.74] | 1 study · 545 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacological interventions for alcoholic liver disease (alcohol‐related liver disease) 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.