Prophylactic steroids for pediatric open heart surgery
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- DOI:
- https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005550.pub2Copy DOI
- Database:
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- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
- Version published:
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- 17 October 2007see what's new
- Type:
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- Intervention
- Stage:
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- Review
- Cochrane Editorial Group:
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Cochrane Heart Group
- Copyright:
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- Copyright © 2010 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Authors
Contributions of authors
Suzi Robertson‐Malt: prepared and designed the protocol; completed the database searches; participated in writing the review; for purposes of dual data collection, screened papers for inclusion or exclusion; extracted data from included papers.
Mahmoud Barbary: conceived the review and helped prepare and design the protocol; participated in writing the review; provided the methodological and clinical perspective on the data; for purposes of data collection, made final decision when consensus was not achieved.
Barry Afrane: participated in preparing the protocol; provided pharmacological perspective; for purposes of dual data collection, screened papers for inclusion or exclusion; extracted data from included papers.
Sources of support
Internal sources
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King Faisal Heart Institute, Saudi Arabia.
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National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.
External sources
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National Gulf Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Saudi Arabia.
Declarations of interest
None known.
Acknowledgements
We thank Theresa Moore, Katherine Wornell and Margaret Burke of the Cochrane Heart Group for their help and assistance with the protocol. We thank all participants who were in the clinical trials themselves to contribute knowledge of corticosteroids for prophylaxis in pediatric open heart surgery. Also warm appreciation is given to the excellent support provided by the National Gulf Centre for Evidence‐Based Medicine through their educational support and systematic review workshops.
Version history
| Published | Title | Stage | Authors | Version |
| 2015 Oct 21 | Prophylactic steroids for pediatric open heart surgery | Review | Mahmoud Elbarbary, Wedad H Madani, Suzanne Robertson‐Malt | |
| 2007 Oct 17 | Prophylactic steroids for pediatric open heart surgery | Review | Suzi Robertson‐Malt, Barry Afrane, Mahmoud Elbarbary | |
| 2005 Oct 19 | Prophylactic corticosteroids for pediatric open heart surgery | Protocol | Suzi C Robertson‐Malt, Barry Afrane, Mahmoud Barbary | |
