Antibiotics vs no intervention: Neonatal mortality
- Population
- newborns with congenital syphilis
- Intervention
- Antibiotics
- Comparison
- no intervention
- Outcome
- Neonatal mortality
Antibiotic treatment showed no clear difference in neonatal death rate due any cause compared with no intervention (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotic treatment vs no intervention Neonatal death rate due any cause · newborns with congenital syphilis Antibiotic treatment showed no clear difference in neonatal death rate due any cause compared with no intervention (low certainty). Antibiotic treatment for newborns with congenital syphilis (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.83 [0.06, 11.7] | 1 study · 22 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic treatment for newborns with congenital syphilis 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | 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.