Mortality within the longest · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality (during the index hospital admission, or within… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cardiac complications (as defined by study authors, including cardiac compromise and fatal and non‐fatal myocardial infarction, defined as ECG changes, echocardiological changes, or disproportionate elevation of troponins, during the index hospita... · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to higher cardiac complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pulmonary complications (as defined by study authors, including pneumonia, embolism, reduced pulmonary function, prolonged ventilation, and pleural effusion, during the index hospital admission) · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to lower pulmonary complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Infectious complications · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to lower infectious complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Gastrointestinal bleeding · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in gastrointestinal (GI) bleeding (as defined by study authors,… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Renal failure · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids showed no clear difference in renal failure (as defined by study authors, including dialysis,… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of stay · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
In‐hospital postoperative mortality · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in in‐hospital postoperative mortality compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of postoperative mechanical ventilation · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Length of postoperative ICU stay · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Length of postoperative hospital stay · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
1 finding from 1 review
Mortality within the longest · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in all‐cause mortality at longest compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Cardiovascular mortality · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in cardiovascular mortality at longest compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Failure to separate from CPB · Children having heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Glucocorticoid showed no clear difference in failure to separate from CPB compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review