Question · asked by 1 review

An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks vs 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis: HIV transmission or death at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic test was negative at 2 weeks

Population
HIV‐infected mothers and their breastfeeding infants
Intervention
An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks
Comparison
1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis
Outcome
HIV transmission or death at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic test was negative at 2 weeks

An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28… probably leads to lower HIV transmission or death at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic… compared with 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis (moderate certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks vs 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis
HIV transmission or death at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic test was negative at 2 weeks · HIV‐infected mothers and their breastfeeding infants
An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28… probably leads to lower HIV transmission or death at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic… compared with 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis (moderate certainty).
Antiretroviral interventions for preventing breast milk transmission of HIV (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.61 [0.38, 0.96]1 study · 1435 participantsModerate

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Antiretroviral interventions for preventing breast milk transmission of HIV
2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

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