An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks vs 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis: Infant mortality at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic testing was negative at 2 weeks after birth
- Population
- HIV‐infected mothers and their breastfeeding infants
- Intervention
- An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks
- Comparison
- 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis
- Outcome
- Infant mortality at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic testing was negative at 2 weeks after birth
An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28… showed no clear difference in infant mortality at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic testing… compared with 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28 weeks vs 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis Infant mortality at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic testing was negative at 2 weeks after birth · HIV‐infected mothers and their breastfeeding infants An extended antiretroviral regimen administered to mothers for 28… showed no clear difference in infant mortality at 28 weeks among those whose diagnostic testing… compared with 1 week of antiretroviral prophylaxis (low certainty). Antiretroviral interventions for preventing breast milk transmission of HIV (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.67 [0.31, 1.45] | 1 study · 1517 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antiretroviral interventions for preventing breast milk transmission of HIV 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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