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Potassium permanganate vs placebo: All‐cause mortality
- Population
- Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
- Intervention
- Potassium permanganate
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- All‐cause mortality
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Potassium permanganate vs Placebo Mortality · Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes | Potassium permanganate versus placebo (Meidani 2018, 100 participants): no evidence of a difference in mortality; single study. | 1 study · 100 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
How reviews are matched to this question
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