Cochrane · systematic review · CD006660

Methods of preventing bacterial sepsis and wound complications after liver transplantation

Gurusamy, KS, Nagendran, M, Davidson, BR · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · 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
10
current version
GRADE rated
10
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 10 · 100%Low 0 · 0%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

Intervention compared to control for people undergoing liver transplantation (mortality)

Population: people undergoing liver transplantation.
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Selective bowel decontamination versus inactive control
Intervention vs control
RR 0.91 [0.31, 2.72]3 studies · 190 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Selective bowel decontamination versus prebiotics with probiotics
Intervention vs control
no estimate extracted1 study · 63 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Selective bowel decontamination versus prebiotics
Intervention vs control
no estimate extracted1 study · 64 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Prebiotics with probiotics versus prebiotics
Intervention vs control
no estimate extracted2 studies · 129 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Granulocyte‐colony stimulating factor (G‐CSF) versus placebo
Intervention vs control
RR 1.24 [0.62, 2.47]1 study · 194 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias

Intervention compared to control for people undergoing liver transplantation (retransplantation)

Population: people undergoing liver transplantation.
5 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Selective bowel decontamination versus inactive control
Intervention vs control
RR 0.85 [0.26, 2.85]2 studies · 132 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Selective bowel decontamination versus prebiotics with probiotics
Intervention vs control
RR 2.91 [0.12, 68.81]1 study · 63 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Selective bowel decontamination versus prebiotics
Intervention vs control
RR 3 [0.13, 71]1 study · 64 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Prebiotics with probiotics versus prebiotics
Intervention vs control
RR 0.33 [0.01, 7.9]2 studies · 129 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias
Granulocyte‐colony stimulating factor (G‐CSF) versus placebo
Intervention vs control
RR 1.13 [0.4, 3.17]1 study · 194 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias