Corticosteroids vs placebo compared: Death ‐ at 180 days after ICU admission, in total population randomised
Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in death ‐ death at 180 days in total population randomised compared with placebo compared (high certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Corticosteroids vs placebo compared Death ‐ death at 180 days in total population randomised · critically ill patients Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in death ‐ death at 180 days in total population randomised compared with placebo compared (high certainty). Interventions for preventing critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.99 [0.64, 1.52] | 1 study · 180 participants | High |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interventions for preventing critical illness polyneuropathy and critical illness myopathy 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.