Surfactant administration via thin catheter (S‐TC) vs surfactant administration through an endotracheal tube (S‐ETT): Severe intraventricular haemorrhage
Surfactant administration via thin catheter (S‐TC) may leads to lower severe intraventricular haemorrhage (grade III or IV) compared with surfactant administration through an endotracheal tube (S‐ETT) (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Surfactant administration via thin catheter (S‐TC) vs surfactant administration through an endotracheal tube (S‐ETT) Severe intraventricular haemorrhage (grade III or IV) · preterm infants with or at risk of respiratory distress syndrome Surfactant administration via thin catheter (S‐TC) may leads to lower severe intraventricular haemorrhage (grade III or IV) compared with surfactant administration through an endotracheal tube (S‐ETT) (low certainty). Surfactant therapy via thin catheter in preterm infants with or at risk of respiratory distress syndrome (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.63 [0.42, 0.96] | 5 studies · 857 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfactant therapy via thin catheter in preterm infants with or at risk of respiratory distress syndrome 2021 · 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
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