Steroid therapy in first episode of nephrotic syndrome: 3 months or more vs 2 months of therapy: Adverse events: Cushing's syndrome
Steroid therapy in first episode of nephrotic syndrome: 3 months or… showed no clear difference in adverse events: Cushing's syndrome compared with 2 months of therapy (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Steroid therapy in first episode of nephrotic syndrome: 3 months or more vs 2 months of therapy Adverse events: Cushing's syndrome · children with nephrotic syndrome Steroid therapy in first episode of nephrotic syndrome: 3 months or… showed no clear difference in adverse events: Cushing's syndrome compared with 2 months of therapy (moderate certainty). Corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome in children (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.12 [0.76, 1.65] | 5 studies · 547 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corticosteroid therapy for nephrotic syndrome in children 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
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.