Cochrane · systematic review · CD005162

Terlipressin versus placebo or no intervention for people with cirrhosis and hepatorenal syndrome

Allegretti, AS, Israelsen, M, Krag, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · Cochrane Library

Hepato-BiliaryAMSTAR 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 6 · 100%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

Terlipressin versus placebo or no intervention for hepatorenal syndrome

Population: people with hepatorenal syndrome
6 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Mortality
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 0.85 [0.73, 0.98]9 studies · 534 participantsLow
Hepatorenal syndrome
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 0.63 [0.48, 0.82]7 studies · 510 participantsLow
Serious adverse events
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 0.91 [0.68, 1.21]9 studies · 534 participantsLow
Serious cardiovascular adverse events
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 7.26 [1.7, 31.05]4 studies · 234 participantsLow
Abdominal pain
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 1.54 [0.97, 2.43]4 studies · 294 participantsLow
Diarrhoea
Terlipressin vs placebo or no intervention
RR 5.76 [2.19, 15.15]2 studies · 240 participantsLow