Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Cardiovascular mortality · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass

Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in cardiovascular mortality at longest compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic corticosteroids for paediatric heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.4 [0.07, 2.46]
3 studies · 109 participants
Moderate