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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

398 questions · 434 findings · 166 reviews

No studies found 95 · 21.9%GRADE not reported 31 · 7.1%Very low 91 · 21%Low 110 · 25.3%Moderate 78 · 18%High 29 · 6.7%

Comparison 1: referral or full course of antibiotics vs usual care

Neonatal mortality ‐ full course · neonates with sepsis

It is very uncertain whether comparison 1: referral or full course of antibiotics changes neonatal mortality ‐ full course compared with standard care (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 2: 7 days oral amoxicillin + injectable gentamicin vs 7 days injectable benzylpenicillin + injectable gentamicin

Sepsis‐specific neonatal mortality · neonates with possible serious bacterial infection

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Epidural analgesia vs intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia

All‐cause mortality rate at 30 days · adults having abdominal surgery

Epidural analgesia showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality rate at 30 days compared with intravenous patient‐controlled analgesia (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: antibiotic alone or antibiotic with other newborn care interventions vs usual care

Neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: antibiotic alone or antibiotic with other newborn care… showed no clear difference in neonatal mortality ‐ antibiotics alone compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Community health educational one‐to‐one and group and both counselling (subgroup) vs control

Neonatal mortality ‐ Group counselling · developing countries

Community health educational one‐to‐one and group and both… may leads to lower neonatal mortality ‐ Group counselling compared with control (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Epinephrine vs norepinephrine‐dobutamine

All‐cause short‐term mortality: 28 days · adults with cardiogenic shock

It is very uncertain whether epinephrine changes all‐cause short‐term mortality: 28 days compared with norepinephrine‐dobutamine (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Community health educational one‐to‐one and group and both counselling (subgroup) vs control

Perinatal mortality · developing countries

Community health educational one‐to‐one and group and both… may leads to lower perinatal mortality ‐ Group counselling compared with control (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Low molecular weight heparin vs vitamin K antagonist (VKA)

Mortality (treatment duration 3 months) · patients with symptomatic VTE requiring long term treatment (3 months) for symptomatic VTE

LMWH showed no clear difference in mortality (treatment duration 3 months) compared with VKA (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Comparison 1: route of antibiotic vs usual care

Neonatal mortality ‐ injectable antibiotic · neonates with sepsis

Comparison 1: route of antibiotic probably leads to lower neonatal mortality ‐ injectable antibiotic compared with standard care (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review