Erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage vs no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage: All‐cause mortality
- Population
- people with acute UGIH
- Intervention
- Erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage
- Comparison
- no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage
- Outcome
- All‐cause mortality
It is very uncertain whether erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage changes all‐cause mortality compared with no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage (very low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage vs no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage All‐cause mortality · people with acute UGIH It is very uncertain whether erythromycin plus nasogastric tube lavage changes all‐cause mortality compared with no intervention/placebo plus nasogastric tube lavage (very low certainty). Erythromycin prior to endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 238 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erythromycin prior to endoscopy for acute upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.