Cochrane · systematic review · CD011598

Nutrition support in hospitalised adults at nutritional risk

Feinberg, J, Nielsen, EE, Korang, SK, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2017 · 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
8
current version
GRADE rated
5
No studies
2
Included studies
NR
No studies 2 · 25%Ungraded 1 · 12.5%Very low 2 · 25%Low 3 · 37.5%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

Nutrition support versus no intervention, placebo, or treatment as usual in hospitalised adults at nutritional risk

Population: hospitalised adults at nutritional risk
8 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
All‐cause mortality
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
‐ at end of intervention
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
RR 0.94 [0.86, 1.03]114 studies · 21758 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
‐ at maximum
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
RR 0.93 [0.88, 0.99]127 studies · 23170 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
Serious adverse events
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
no estimate extractedNRNo studies
at maximum
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
RR 0.91 [0.85, 0.97]137 studies · 23413 participantsLow
Downgraded: risk of bias
‐at end of intervention
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
no estimate extracted16 studies · 16 participantsUngraded
at maximum
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
no estimate extracted2 studies · 3961 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency
Weight at the end of intervention
Nutrition support vs no intervention, placebo, or treatment
no estimate extracted68 studies · 5445 participantsVery low
Downgraded: risk of bias, inconsistency