Palivizumab vs placebo: Incidence of admissions to the ICU
Palivizumab leads to lower admission to ICU compared with placebo (high certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Palivizumab vs placebo Admission to ICU · patients at high risk of severe respiratory syncytial virus infection Palivizumab leads to lower admission to ICU compared with placebo (high certainty). Monoclonal antibody for reducing the risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children (2013) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.5 [0.3, 0.81] | 2 studies · 2789 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monoclonal antibody for reducing the risk of respiratory syncytial virus infection in children 2013 · 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.