Cochrane · systematic review · CD008990
Recombinant human growth hormone for treating burns and donor sites
Breederveld, RS, Tuinebreijer, WE · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2014 · Cochrane Library
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 7 · 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
Show all 2 versionsRecombinant human growth hormone compared with placebo for treating burns and donor sites
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Healing time of burn wounds in days for adults Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 36 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Donor site healing time in days for adults Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 36 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Donor site healing time in days for children Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 73 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Mortality in adults and children Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | RR 0.53 [0.22, 1.29] | 5 studies · 324 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Septicaemia in adults Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | RR 0.61 [0.31, 1.22] | 4 studies · 267 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias |
Hyperglycaemia in adults and children Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | RR 2.65 [1.68, 4.16] | 5 studies · 340 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Length of hospital stay in days for adults Recombinant human growth hormone vs placebo | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 99 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |