Cochrane · systematic review · CD010593

Liberal versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock

Li, D, Li, X, Cui, W, 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
2
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 50%Moderate 1 · 50%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

Liberal initial fluid versus conservative fluid therapy in adults and children with sepsis or septic shock

Population: adults and children with initial sepsis and septic shocka
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause mortality
Liberal initial fluid vs conservative fluid therapy
RR 1.38 [1.07, 1.77]2 studies · 3288 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision
Adverse events
Liberal initial fluid vs conservative fluid therapy
RR 0.95 [0.6, 1.5]1 study · 147 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision