What do systematic reviews say?

Immune‐enhancing supplements (oral or enteral) vs usual care or control

• Preoperative nutrition therapy in people undergoing gastrointestinal surgery 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  6 studies · 688 participants
  Low

Oral nutritional supplements vs usual care or control

• Preoperative nutrition therapy in people undergoing gastrointestinal surgery 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 299 participants
  Low

Preoperative parenteral nutrition vs usual care or control

• Preoperative nutrition therapy in people undergoing gastrointestinal surgery 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 135 participants
  Very low

Preoperative enteral nutrition (standard formula) vs usual care or control

• Preoperative nutrition therapy in people undergoing gastrointestinal surgery 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 126 participants
  Very low

Antibiotics vs surgery

It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes length of hospital stay (days) compared with surgery (very low certainty).

• Appendectomy versus antibiotic treatment for acute appendicitis 2024 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  MD 0.54 [0.06, 1.01]
  11 studies · 3192 participants
  Very low

Nebulised hypertonic saline vs nebulised 0.9% saline

• Nebulised hypertonic saline solution for acute bronchiolitis in infants 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  21 studies · 2479 participants
  Low

Vaginal hysterectomy vs sacral hysteropexy/cervicopexy (uterine prolapse)

• Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  5 studies · 422 participants
  Very low

Sacral colpopexy: laparoscopic vs alternative approach

• Surgery for women with apical vaginal prolapse 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 246 participants
  Low

IVIg vs prednisolone

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of Kawasaki disease 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

IVIg vs acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Intravenous immunoglobulin for the treatment of Kawasaki disease 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Corticosteroids vs no corticosteroid use

• Corticosteroids for the treatment of Kawasaki disease in children 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 119 participants
  Moderate

Ultrasound‐assisted catheter‐directed thrombolysis plus standard intravenous heparinisation vs standard intravenous heparinisation

• Catheter‐directed therapies for the treatment of high risk (massive) and intermediate risk (submassive) acute… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 59 participants
  Very low

Duct‐to‐mucosa pancreaticojejunostomy using the modified Blumgart technique vs duct‐to‐mucosa pancreaticojejunostomy using the traditional interrupted technique

• Duct‐to‐mucosa versus other types of pancreaticojejunostomy for the prevention of postoperative pancreatic fistula… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 210 participants
  Very low

Duct‐to‐mucosa vs invagination pancreaticojejunostomy

It is very uncertain whether duct‐to‐mucosa changes length of hospital stay (days) compared with invagination pancreaticojejunostomy (very low certainty).

• Duct‐to‐mucosa versus other types of pancreaticojejunostomy for the prevention of postoperative pancreatic fistula… 2022 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  4 studies · 658 participants
  Very low

Dietary advice vs oral nutritional supplements

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

• Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  Studies not reported
  No studies found

Dietary advice vs dietary advice plus oral nutritional supplements

• Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 202 participants
  Low

Dietary advice plus supplements vs no advice

• Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  3 studies · 400 participants
  Low

Dietary advice vs no advice

• Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 148 participants
  Low

Dietary advice plus supplements vs no dietary advice plus no supplements

• Dietary advice with or without oral nutritional supplements for disease‐related malnutrition in adults 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  2 studies · 258 participants
  Low

Breast feeding with supplemental feeds by other than bottle vs breast feeding with supplemental feeds by bottle (all trials)

• Avoidance of bottles during the establishment of breastfeeds in preterm infants 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  4 studies · 1004 participants
  Low