Individual tailored vs continuous tapered dexamethasone regimen: Death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks PMA
Individual tailored showed no clear difference in death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks PMA compared with continuous tapered dexamethasone regimen (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Individual tailored vs continuous tapered dexamethasone regimen Death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks PMA · preterm infants at risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia Individual tailored showed no clear difference in death or bronchopulmonary dysplasia at 36 weeks PMA compared with continuous tapered dexamethasone regimen (low certainty). Systemic corticosteroid regimens for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.06 [0.88, 1.29] | 3 studies · 168 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic corticosteroid regimens for prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants 2023 · 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.