Cochrane · systematic review · CD001876
Corticosteroids for tuberculous pleurisy
Ryan, H, Yoo, J, Darsini, P · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library
Infectious DiseasesAMSTAR 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 3 · 42.9%Low 4 · 57.1%Moderate 0 · 0%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
Comparison
Population: adults and adolescents with pleural TB
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Residual pleural fluid on chest X‐ray at 8 weeks | RR 0.54 [0.37, 0.78] | 2 studies · 237 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Residual pleural fluid on chest X‐ray at 24 weeks | RR 0.35 [0.18, 0.66] | 2 studies · 237 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Pleural changes at the end of | RR 0.72 [0.57, 0.92] | 5 studies · 393 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Long‐term functional respiratory impairment (> 6 months) | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 187 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
Adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation ( | RR 2.78 [1.11, 6.94] | 6 studies · 590 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
HIV‐related infections (cryptococcal meningitis) | RR 0.59 [0.15, 2.42] | 1 study · 103 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |
HIV‐related cancer (Kaposi's sarcoma) | RR 12.87 [0.73, 225.4] | 1 study · 103 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |