Topical ointment or cream vs routine skin care: Invasive infection (any organism)
Topical ointment or cream showed no clear difference in invasive infection (any organism) compared with routine skin care (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Topical ointment or cream vs routine skin care Invasive infection (any organism) · Preterm (< 37 weeks') and low birth weight (< 2500 g) infants Topical ointment or cream showed no clear difference in invasive infection (any organism) compared with routine skin care (low certainty). Topical emollient for preventing infection in preterm infants (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD001150.PUB3, superseded | RR 1.13 [0.97, 1.31] | 8 studies · 2098 participants | Low |
Topical ointment or cream vs routine skin care Invasive infection (any organism) · Preterm (< 37 weeks') and low birth weight (< 2500 g) infants Topical ointment or cream showed no clear difference in invasive infection (any organism) compared with routine skin care (low certainty). Topical emollient for preventing infection in preterm infants (1998) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD001150.PUB2, superseded | RR 1.13 [0.97, 1.31] | 8 studies · 2098 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Topical emollient for preventing infection in preterm infants 2021 · 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
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