Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Acute Respiratory Infections

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 100%High 0 · 0%

All‐cause mortality · children with pleural empyema

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 30 participants
Moderate

Length of hospital stay · children with pleural empyema

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 30 participants
Moderate

Procedural complications · children with pleural empyema

Open thoracotomy probably leads to lower procedural complications compared with thoracostomy drainage (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgical versus non‐surgical management for pleural empyema 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.1 [0.02, 0.63]
1 study · 30 participants
Moderate