Cochrane · systematic review · CD004878

Glucocorticoids for acute viral bronchiolitis in infants and young children

Fernandes, RM, Bialy, LM, Vandermeer, B, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library

Acute Respiratory Infections2 versionsAMSTAR 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

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GRADE rated

No studies

Included studies

No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 2 · 40%Moderate 1 · 20%High 2 · 40%

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.

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Glucocorticoid versus placebo: summary of findings

Population: infants and young children with acute viral bronchiolitis

3 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Admissions (outpatients) Glucocorticoid vs placebo: summary of findings	no estimate extracted	8 studies · 1762 participants	High
Admissions (outpatients) Glucocorticoid vs placebo: summary of findings	no estimate extracted	5 studies · 1530 participants	Moderate
Length of stay (inpatients) days Glucocorticoid vs placebo: summary of findings	no estimate extracted	8 studies · 633 participants	High

Glucocorticoid and epinephrine versus placebo: summary of findings

Population: infants and young children with acute viral bronchiolitis

2 questions

Outcome	Effect	Evidence	Status / GRADE
Admissions (outpatients) Glucocorticoid and epinephrine vs placebo: summary of findings	no estimate extracted	1 study · 400 participants	Low Downgraded: imprecision
Admissions (outpatients) Glucocorticoid and epinephrine vs placebo: summary of findings	no estimate extracted	1 study · 400 participants	Low Downgraded: imprecision