Corticosteroids vs placebo or usual care
Corticosteroids probably leads to lower 28‐Day all‐cause mortalitya compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
- RR 0.91 [0.84, 0.99]50 studies · 11233 participantsModerate
Corticosteroids probably leads to lower 28‐Day all‐cause mortalitya compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in long‐term mortalityc compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
Corticosteroids probably leads to lower hospital mortality compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in number of participants with adverse events ‐ superinfection (up to… compared with placebo or usual care (moderate certainty).
Corticosteroids leads to higher number of participants with adverse events ‐ muscle weakness (up to… compared with placebo or usual care (high certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
Clinic‐based intervention showed no clear difference in HF readmissions compared with usual care (moderate certainty).
Clinic‐based intervention showed no clear difference in all‐cause readmissions compared with usual care (low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
It is very uncertain whether multidisciplinary disease management programmes changes HF mortality compared with usual care (very low certainty).
Multidisciplinary disease management programmes probably leads to lower all‐cause mortality compared with usual care (moderate certainty).
Multidisciplinary disease management programmes may leads to lower HF readmissions compared with usual care (low certainty).
Multidisciplinary disease management programmes showed no clear difference in all‐cause readmissions compared with usual care (low certainty).
Case management may leads to lower all‐cause mortality compared with usual care (low certainty).