Duration of hospital admission (days) · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Length of hospital stay · Pregnant women with hyperemesis gravidarum
1 finding from 1 review
Death ‐ at 180 days after ICU admission, in total population randomised · critically ill patients
Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in death ‐ death at 180 days in total population randomised compared with placebo compared (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events (continuous data) ‐ blood glucose (mg/dL) on day 7 · critically ill patients
1 finding from 1 review
Early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) · participants with alcoholic hepatitis (all severity)
It is very uncertain whether glucocorticosteroids changes early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) · participants with severe alcoholic hepatitis
It is very uncertain whether glucocorticosteroids changes early mortality (mortality up to 90 days) compared with no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 1.33 [1.09, 1.62]
5 studies · 1043 participants
Moderate
RR 1.4 [1.08, 1.81]
4 studies · 869 participants
Low
RR 1.12 [0.87, 1.44]
1 study · 174 participants
Moderate
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 ‐ Co‐treatment with antibiotics · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids may leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · patients with the management of transient tachypnea of the newborn
1 finding from 1 review
Day 14 · children with acute otitis media
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality within the longest · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (during the index hospital admission, or within… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of stay · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Relapse · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in relapse within 10 days post‐discharge compared with oral corticosteroids (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Number of days of antibiotic treatment ‐ number of days of intravenous antibiotic treatment · septic arthritis in children taking antibiotics
Corticosteroids (dexamethasone) showed no clear difference in number of days of antibiotic treatment ‐ number of days of… compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Resolution of symptoms · adults with a confirmed diagnosis of mild COVID‐19, of whom only 10% (219/2132) participants had received ≥ 1 vaccination
Inhaled corticosteroids plus standard care probably leads to higher symptom resolution: all initial symptoms resolved at day 14 compared with standard care (with or without placebo) (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal death (baby born alive at any gestation and dies within 28 days) · infants born of women at risk of preterm birth
Neonatal and child outcomes: corticosteroids leads to lower neonatal death (infants born with signs of life who die within the… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.78 [0.7, 0.87]
Studies not reported
High
Respiratory exacerbations: number of days on intravenous antibiotics for respiratory exacerbations · adults and children with cystic fibrosis
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings: inhaled corticosteroids changes respiratory exacerbations: number of days on intravenous antibiotics… compared with placebo (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Severity of pain on day 3 · patients age 10 years and older with periorbital or orbital cellulitis
It is very uncertain whether standard treatment plus systemic corticosteroids changes severity of pain on day 3 compared with standard treatment alone (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Neonatal death (death within the first 28 days of life) · women at risk of preterm birth
Strategies to increase use of antenatal corticosteroids probably leads to higher neonatal death before 28 days (at population level) compared with routine (usual) care (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review