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296 questions · 315 findings · 41 reviews · Neonatal

No studies found 70 · 22.2%GRADE not reported 6 · 1.9%Very low 76 · 24.1%Low 92 · 29.2%Moderate 57 · 18.1%High 14 · 4.4%

Intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy vs phototherapy alone

Use of ET (≥ 1); placebo‐controlled studies · neonates with alloimmune hemolytic disease

Intravenous immunoglobulin plus phototherapy showed no clear difference in use of ET (≥ 1); placebo‐controlled studies compared with phototherapy alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Probiotics vs placebo

Proven sepsis (positive bacterial culture, local or systemic) · neonates born from 35 weeks of gestation who have underdone gastrointestinal surgery

Summary of findings table ‐ Probiotics showed no clear difference in proven sepsis (positive bacterial culture, local or systemic) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

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

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

Severe intraventricular haemorrhage · neonates with sepsis

It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes severe intraventricular haemorrhage compared with placebo or no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

Periventricular leukomalacia · neonates with sepsis

It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes periventricular leukomalacia compared with placebo or no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

Length of hospital stay · neonates with sepsis

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) showed no clear difference in length of hospital stay (LOS) in days compared with placebo or no intervention (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

Necrotising enterocolitis · neonates with sepsis

It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes necrotising enterocolitis, any Bell stage compared with placebo or no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) vs placebo or no intervention

Retinopathy of prematurity · neonates with sepsis

It is very uncertain whether pentoxifylline with antibiotics (any dose or duration) changes retinopathy of prematurity, any stage compared with placebo or no intervention (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Dextrose gel vs placebo

Major neurological disability at 2 years of age (Defined as any of the following: legal blindness, sensorineural deafness requiring hearing aids, moderate or severe cerebral palsy or developmental delay/intellectual impairment (developmental quoti... · newborn infants at risk of neonatal hypoglycaemia

Dextrose gel showed no clear difference in major neurological disability at 2 years of age (Defined as any of… compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review