Dextrose gel vs placebo: Receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay (investigator‐defined, any treatment ‐ oral dextrose gel, intravenous dextrose, or other drug therapy) during initial hospital stay (yes/no)
Dextrose gel showed no clear difference in receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Dextrose gel vs placebo Receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay (investigator‐defined, any treatment ‐ oral dextrose gel, intravenous dextrose, or other drug therapy) during initial hospital stay (yes/no) · newborn infants at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia Dextrose gel showed no clear difference in receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay… compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Oral dextrose gel to prevent hypoglycaemia in at‐risk neonates (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.89 [0.79, 1] | 2 studies · 2548 participants | Moderate |
Dextrose gel vs placebo Receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay (investigator‐defined, any treatment ‐ oral dextrose gel, intravenous dextrose, or other drug therapy) during initial hospital stay (yes/no) · newborn infants at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia Dextrose gel showed no clear difference in receipt of treatment for hypoglycaemia during initial hospital stay… compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Oral dextrose gel to prevent hypoglycaemia in at‐risk neonates (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD012152.PUB3, superseded | RR 0.89 [0.79, 1] | 2 studies · 2548 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral dextrose gel to prevent hypoglycaemia in at‐risk neonates 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.