Cochrane · systematic review · CD010277
Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in children
Chaves, GSS, Freitas, DA, Santino, TA, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2019 · Cochrane Library
Acute Respiratory InfectionsAMSTAR 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
4
current version
GRADE rated
4
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 4 · 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
Chest physiotherapy compared to no chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in children
Population: children aged from 29 days to 12 years with pneumonia
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mortality ( Chest physiotherapy vs no chest physiotherapy | RR 0.28 [0.08, 0.9] | 1 study · 225 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |
Duration of hospital stay (days) ( Chest physiotherapy vs no chest physiotherapy | MD 0.1 | 4 studies · 415 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Time to clinical resolution (all parameters) ( Chest physiotherapy vs no chest physiotherapy | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 559 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency |
Adverse events (number of events) ( Chest physiotherapy vs no chest physiotherapy | RR 1.28 [0.98, 1.67] | 2 studies · 254 participants | Low Downgraded: imprecision |