All‐cause mortality · Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery
Summary of findings table ‐ Combined mechanical and oral antibiotic… showed no clear difference in mortality compared with no bowel preparation (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality · Patients undergoing elective colorectal surgery
Summary of findings table ‐ Combined mechanical and oral antibiotic… showed no clear difference in mortality compared with mechanical bowel preparation alone (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All cause mortality · patients with afebrile neutropenia induced by chemotherapy
Summary of findings: antibiotics leads to lower all cause mortality compared with placebo or no intervention (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Infection‐related mortality · people with chemotherapy‐induced febrile neutropenia
Benefits and harms of CSF plus antibiotics showed no clear difference in infection‐related mortality compared with antibiotics alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality · farmworkers, soldiers, and people in endemic areas
Summary of findings table ‐ Antibiotics showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality · people with leptospirosis
It is very uncertain whether summary of findings table ‐ Antibiotics changes all‐cause mortality compared with placebo or no intervention (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Overall mortality · people with cancer who have febrile neutropenia
Mortality with anti‐gram‐positive antibiotics showed no clear difference in overall mortality compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
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Neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis
Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery may leads to lower neonatal mortality compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality during hospital stay · neonates with sepsis
It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes all‐cause mortality during hospital stay compared with immunoglobulin M‐enriched intravenous immunoglobulin with antibiotics (very low certainty).
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All‐cause mortality during hospital stay · neonates with sepsis
It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes all‐cause mortality during hospital stay compared with pentoxifylline with antibiotics and immunoglobulin M‐enriched… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Late neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis
Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery probably leads to lower late neonatal mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).
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Early neonatal mortality · neonates with sepsis
Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery probably leads to lower early neonatal mortality compared with standard care (moderate certainty).
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Sepsis‐specific mortality · neonates with sepsis
Comparison 1: community‐based antibiotic delivery showed no clear difference in sepsis‐specific mortality compared with standard care (low certainty).
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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
Neonatal mortality ‐ first dose and referral · neonates with sepsis
Comparison 1: referral or full course of antibiotics may leads to lower neonatal mortality ‐ first dose and referral compared with standard care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Mortality · adults or children undergoing inpatient antibiotic prophylaxis or treatment
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
15827 participants
Moderate
All‐cause mortality · people with cancer who have febrile neutropenia
Oral showed no clear difference in mortality compared with intravenous antibiotic therapy (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality during hospital stay · neonates with sepsis
Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) may leads to lower all‐cause mortality during hospital stay compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
All‐cause mortality
Continuous showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality compared with intermittent Antibiotic Infusions (moderate certainty).
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Mortality ‐ Antibiotics versus no antibiotics · patients undergoing liver resections
1 finding from 1 review