Levosimendan vs dobutamine: All‐cause long‐term mortality: range 4 to 12 months
Levosimendan showed no clear difference in all‐cause long‐term mortality: range 4 to 12 months compared with dobutamine (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Levosimendan vs dobutamine All‐cause long‐term mortality: range 4 to 12 months · people with cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome Levosimendan showed no clear difference in all‐cause long‐term mortality: range 4 to 12 months compared with dobutamine (low certainty). Inotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output… (2020) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.84 [0.63, 1.13] | 4 studies · 1591 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inotropic agents and vasodilator strategies for the treatment of cardiogenic shock or low cardiac output syndrome 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.