Cochrane · systematic review · CD001390

Pneumococcal vaccines for preventing pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Walters, JAE, Tang, JNQ, Poole, P, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

AirwaysAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
7
current version
GRADE rated
7
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 28.6%Moderate 5 · 71.4%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

Pneumoccocal vaccination to prevent pneumonia in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Population: patients with COPD
7 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pneumonia, community acquired, at least 1 episode
OR 0.59 [0.41, 0.85]6 studies · 1372 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Pneumococcal pneumonia, at least 1 episode
OR 0.26 [0.05, 1.31]3 studies · 1158 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Death from cardiorespiratory causes
OR 1.07 [0.69, 1.66]3 studies · 888 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Death from all causes
OR 1 [0.72, 1.4]5 studies · 1053 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
Hospital admission: any cause, at least 1 episode
OR 0.74 [0.32, 1.74]3 studies · 391 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency
COPD exacerbation: at least 1 episode
OR 0.6 [0.39, 0.93]4 studies · 446 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Lung function: FEV1 (L)
no estimate extracted1 study · 142 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency