What do systematic reviews say?

Nasal prongs vs nasopharyngeal catheter

Nasal prongs showed no clear difference in fighting/discomfort in the first 24 hours compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (low certainty).

• Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.77 [0.46, 1.28]
  2 studies · 239 participants
  Low

Nasal prongs vs nasopharyngeal catheter

Nasal prongs showed no clear difference in death during treatment compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (low certainty).

• Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  RR 0.64 [0.35, 1.15]
  3 studies · 338 participants
  Low

Mask vs nasopharyngeal catheter

Face mask may leads to lower treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2… compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (low certainty).

• Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.2 [0.05, 0.88]
  1 study · 80 participants
  Low

Head box vs nasopharyngeal catheter

It is very uncertain whether head box changes treatment failure Failure to achieve adequate oxygenation (SaO2… compared with nasopharyngeal catheter (very low certainty).

• Oxygen therapy for lower respiratory tract infections in children between 3 months and 15 years of age 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  OR 0.4 [0.13, 1.12]
  1 study · 80 participants
  Very low

Supplementary feeding vs no food supplementation

• Community‐based supplementary feeding for promoting the growth of children under five years of age in low and middle… 2012 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
  no estimate extracted
  1 study · 348 participants
  Low