Streptokinase vs urokinase: Referral for thoracic surgery (open or thorascopic)
Streptokinase showed no clear difference in referral for thoracic surgery (open or thorascopic) compared with urokinase (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Streptokinase vs urokinase Referral for thoracic surgery (open or thorascopic) · adult parapneumonic effusions and empyema Streptokinase showed no clear difference in referral for thoracic surgery (open or thorascopic) compared with urokinase (low certainty). Intra‐pleural fibrinolytic therapy versus placebo, or a different fibrinolytic agent, in the treatment of… (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1 [0.13, 7.72] | 1 study · 50 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intra‐pleural fibrinolytic therapy versus placebo, or a different fibrinolytic agent, in the treatment of adult parapneumonic effusions… 2019 · 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.