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Intravenous magnesium sulfate + standard care vs placebo + standard care: Proportion of people with hospital admissions (from the emergency room)

Intravenous magnesium sulfate + standard care may leads to lower proportion of people with hospital admissions (from the emergency… compared with placebo + standard care (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Intravenous magnesium sulfate + standard care vs placebo + standard care
Proportion of people with hospital admissions (from the emergency room) · acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Intravenous magnesium sulfate + standard care may leads to lower proportion of people with hospital admissions (from the emergency… compared with placebo + standard care (low certainty).
Magnesium sulfate for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2022) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.45 [0.23, 0.88]3 studies · 170 participantsLow

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The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Magnesium sulfate for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot assessed

Studies behind the findings

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How reviews are matched to this question

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