Nasal prongs vs nasopharyngeal catheter: Treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2 greater than 60 mmHg)
It is very uncertain whether nasal prongs changes treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2) compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (very low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Nasal prongs vs nasopharyngeal catheter Treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2) · children with acute lower respiratory tract infections It is very uncertain whether nasal prongs changes treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2) compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (very low certainty). Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.97 [0.52, 1.8] | 3 studies · 399 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age 2014 · 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.