Saline rinse vs usual or supportive care: Duration of mechanical ventilation
- Population
- Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU
- Intervention
- Saline rinse
- Comparison
- usual or supportive care
- Outcome
- Duration of mechanical ventilation
Saline rinse showed no clear difference in duration of mechanical ventilation compared with usual care (no rinse); GRADE not reported.
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Saline rinse vs Usual care (no rinse) Duration of mechanical ventilation · Critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation in ICU Saline rinse showed no clear difference in duration of mechanical ventilation compared with usual care (no rinse); GRADE not reported. Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2020) · Cochrane All outcomes | MD -0.40 [-2.55, 1.75] | 2 studies · 324 participants | GRADE not reported |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oral hygiene care for critically ill patients to prevent ventilator‐associated pneumonia 2020 · Cochrane All outcomes | 2020-02 | Not listed | Not assessed |
Related questions
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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.