Cochrane · systematic review · CD007867
Prescribed hypocaloric nutrition support for critically‐ill adults
Perman, MI, Ciapponi, A, Franco, JVA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2018 · Cochrane Library
Emergency and Critical CareAMSTAR 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 7 · 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
Hypocaloric nutrition compared to control for critically‐ill adults
Population: critically‐ill adults
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mortality in hospital: death occurring during the hospital stay Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 9 studies · 1775 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Mortality in ICU: death occurred during the ICU stay Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 1291 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Mortality at 30 days: 28 to 30 days all‐cause mortality Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 7 studies · 2611 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Length of hospital stay: days stayed in the hospital Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 1677 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Length of ICU stay: days stayed in the ICU Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 11 studies · 2942 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Infectious complications: events of any type of infectious complications occurred during the hospital stay, registered by the study authors according to their diagnostic criteria of infections. Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 10 studies · 2804 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Length of mechanical ventilation: days on mechanical ventilation during ICU stay Hypocaloric nutrition vs control | no estimate extracted | 12 studies · 3000 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |