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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

80 questions · 86 findings · 10 reviews

No studies found 23 · 26.7%GRADE not reported 3 · 3.5%Very low 17 · 19.8%Low 19 · 22.1%Moderate 19 · 22.1%High 5 · 5.8%

Intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy vs phototherapy alone

Use of top‐up transfusion in 1st week of life; all studies · neonates with alloimmune hemolytic disease

Intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy showed no clear difference in use of top‐up transfusion in 1st week of life; all studies compared with phototherapy alone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy vs phototherapy alone

Use of top‐up transfusion after 1st week of life; all studies · neonates with alloimmune hemolytic disease

It is very uncertain whether intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy changes use of top‐up transfusion after 1st week of life; all studies compared with phototherapy alone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IVIg vs placebo or no intervention

All‐cause mortality, neonates, standard polyclonal IVIG · neonates with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock

Polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality, neonates, standard polyclonal IVIG compared with placebo or no intervention (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

IVIg vs placebo or no intervention

All‐cause mortality, neonates, IgM‐enriched polyclonal IVIG · neonates with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock

Polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality, neonates, IgM‐enriched polyclonal IVIG compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

IVIg vs placebo or no intervention

28‐Day all cause mortality (adult studies) · adult patients with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock

Polyclonal intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) probably leads to lower all‐cause mortality, adults, standard polyclonal IVIG compared with placebo or no intervention (moderate certainty).

5 findings from 1 review
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IVIg vs no IVIG

Disease‐specific mortality ‐ SJS and TEN (time to · Stevens‐Johnson syndrome (SJS), toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), and SJS/TEN overlap syndrome

It is very uncertain whether intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) changes SJS/TEN‐specific mortality (time to compared with no IVIG (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review