Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 3 reviews · Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 1 · 33.3%Very low 1 · 33.3%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 33.3%High 0 · 0%

Serious adverse events · adults with metastatic extradural spinal cord compression (without peptic ulceration or infection; mixed prognosis)

High‐dose corticosteroids probably leads to higher serious adverse events compared with moderate‐dose or no corticosteroids (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for the treatment of metastatic extradural spinal cord compression in adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 8.02 [1.03, 62.37]
2 studies · 77 participants
Moderate

Serious adverse eventsÂ · Patients with COVID‐19

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID‐19 patients 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
0 studies · 0 participants
GRADE not reported

Serious adverse events ( · adults with sickle cell disease in a vaso‐occlusive crisis

1 finding from 1 review

Pharmacological interventions for painful sickle cell vaso‐occlusive crises in adults 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
3 studies · 93 participants
Very low