Cerebral NIRS oximetry vs no cerebral NIRS oximetry: All‐cause mortality
Cerebral NIRS oximetry showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with no cerebral NIRS oximetry (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Cerebral NIRS oximetry vs no cerebral NIRS oximetry All‐cause mortality · prevention of morbidities in very preterm infants Cerebral NIRS oximetry showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with no cerebral NIRS oximetry (low certainty). Cerebral near‐infrared spectroscopy monitoring for prevention of brain injury in very preterm infants (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.5 [0.29, 1] | 1 study · 166 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebral near‐infrared spectroscopy monitoring for prevention of brain injury in very preterm infants 2017 · 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.