Cochrane · systematic review · CD005248
Intravenous in‐line filters for preventing morbidity and mortality in neonates
Foster, JP, Richards, R, Showell, MG, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
NeonatalAMSTAR 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 4 · 57.1%Moderate 3 · 42.9%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
Intravenous in‐line filter for preventing morbidity and mortality in neonates
Population: patients with preventing morbidity and mortality in neonates
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mortality during hospitalisation number of infants with event | RR 0.87 [0.52, 1.47] | 2 studies · 530 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, publication bias |
Risk of proven septicaemia per infant number of infants with the event | RR 0.86 [0.59, 1.27] | 2 studies · 530 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Suspected septicaemia number of infants with the event | RR 0.57 [0.18, 1.81] | 1 study · 88 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Localised thrombi number of infants with event | RR 0.2 [0.01, 4.05] | 1 study · 88 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Proven necrotising enterocolitis number of infants with the event | RR 0.2 [0.01, 4.05] | 1 study · 88 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Composite thrombus, proven or unproven sepsis, necrotising enterocolitis number of infants with event | RR 0.38 [0.19, 0.77] | 1 study · 88 participants | Moderate Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |
Localised phlebitis number of infants with the event | RR 1.22 [0.4, 3.77] | 3 studies · 641 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, publication bias |