Adjunctive steroid vs placebo
Developmental delay at ≥ 18 months · neonates with clinical and microbiological features of bacterial meningitis
Adjunctive steroid showed no clear difference in number of participants with developmental delay compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Adjuvant corticosteroids for reducing death in neonatal bacterial meningitis 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.77 [0.32, 1.87]1 study · 38 participantsLow