Surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency vs surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome diagnosed on clinical and radiologic criteria: Pneumothorax
Surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency showed no clear difference in any pneumothorax№ of participants: 506(2 RCTs) compared with surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory… (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency vs surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory distress syndrome diagnosed on clinical and radiologic criteria Any pneumothorax№ of participants: 506(2 RCTs) · preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress syndrome Surfactant treatment guided by rapid tests for surfactant deficiency showed no clear difference in any pneumothorax№ of participants: 506(2 RCTs) compared with surfactant therapy provided to preterm infants with respiratory… (low certainty). Surfactant therapy guided by tests for lung maturity in preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress… (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.53 [0.15, 1.92] | Not reported | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surfactant therapy guided by tests for lung maturity in preterm infants at risk of respiratory distress syndrome 2023 · 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.