Insulin injected with a Novolin pen vs insulin injected with a needle or syringe (Different insulin regimens with similar insulin types used within the regimen): Macrosomia
It is very uncertain whether insulin injected with a Novolin pen changes macrosomia compared with insulin injected with a needle or syringe (Different insulin… (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Insulin injected with a Novolin pen vs insulin injected with a needle or syringe (Different insulin regimens with similar insulin types used within the regimen) Macrosomia · pregnant women with pre‐existing diabetes It is very uncertain whether insulin injected with a Novolin pen changes macrosomia compared with insulin injected with a needle or syringe (Different insulin… (very low certainty). Different insulin types and regimens for pregnant women with pre‐existing diabetes (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.21 [0.03, 1.76] | 1 study · 93 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Different insulin types and regimens for pregnant women with pre‐existing diabetes 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.