Question · asked by 1 review

CHRONIC: Beta‐blockers vs placebo: Hospitalisation (any cause)

CHRONIC: Beta‐blockers showed no clear difference in hospitalisation (any cause) compared with placebo (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
CHRONIC: Beta‐blockers vs placebo
Hospitalisation (any cause) · heart failure with chronic kidney disease
CHRONIC: Beta‐blockers showed no clear difference in hospitalisation (any cause) compared with placebo (low certainty).
Pharmacological interventions for heart failure in people with chronic kidney disease (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.75 [0.52, 1.08]2 studies · 1583 participantsLow

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Pharmacological interventions for heart failure in people with chronic kidney disease
2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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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