Question · asked by 1 review
Systemic corticosteroids vs placebo: Adverse events
- Population
- adults with cancer‐related breathlessness (dyspnoea)
- Intervention
- Systemic corticosteroids
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- Adverse events
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Systemic corticosteroids vs placebo Adverse events · adults with cancer‐related breathlessness (dyspnoea) Systemic corticosteroids for the management of cancer‐related breathlessness (dyspnoea) in adults (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 157 participants | Very low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic corticosteroids for the management of cancer‐related breathlessness (dyspnoea) in adults 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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.