Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

1 questions · 1 findings · 1 reviews · Anaesthesia

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Postoperative wound or systemic infection · participants undergoing surgery

Dexamethasone showed no clear difference in postoperative wound or systemic infection compared with control (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Adverse side effects of dexamethasone in surgical patients 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 1.01 [0.8, 1.27]
26 studies · 4603 participants
Moderate