Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 2 reviews

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 50%High 0 · 0%

All‐cause mortality · pulmonary arterial hypertension

Prostacyclin probably leads to lower mortality compared with control (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prostacyclin for pulmonary arterial hypertension 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.6 [0.38, 0.94]
15 studies · 2554 participants
Moderate

All‐cause mortality · people with ARDS

It is very uncertain whether aerosolized prostacyclin changes mortality compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Aerosolized prostacyclins for acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) 2017 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.5 [0.17, 12.94]
1 study · 14 participants
Very low