Cochrane · systematic review · CD005222
Corticosteroids including ACTH for childhood epilepsy other than epileptic spasms
Mehta, V, Ferrie, CD, Cross, JH, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
EpilepsyAMSTAR 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
1
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 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
Comparison
Population: children with intractable seizures
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Seizure frequency: Two out of five children had some improvement in seizure frequency. One child has unchanged seizure frequency and one child withdrew from the study and other had Infantile spasm. | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 3 participants | Low |