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Forest plot of comparison: 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), outcome: 3.11 Treatment failure.
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Figure 1

Forest plot of comparison: 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), outcome: 3.11 Treatment failure.

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 1 Mortality to discharge.
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Analysis 1.1

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 1 Mortality to discharge.

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 2 IVH grade 3 or 4.
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Analysis 1.2

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 2 IVH grade 3 or 4.

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 3 Periventricular leukomalacia.
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Analysis 1.3

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 3 Periventricular leukomalacia.

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age).
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Analysis 1.4

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age).

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 5 Necrotising enterocolitis.
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Analysis 1.5

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 5 Necrotising enterocolitis.

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 6 Bacterial sepsis.
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Analysis 1.6

Comparison 1 Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension, Outcome 6 Bacterial sepsis.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 1 IVH all grades.
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Analysis 2.1

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 1 IVH all grades.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 2 Mortality to discharge.
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Analysis 2.2

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 2 Mortality to discharge.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 3 Retinopathy of prematurity in surviving infants.
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Analysis 2.3

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 3 Retinopathy of prematurity in surviving infants.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age).
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Analysis 2.4

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age).

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 5 Necrotising enterocolitis.
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Analysis 2.5

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 5 Necrotising enterocolitis.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 6 Hyperglycaemia.
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Analysis 2.6

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 6 Hyperglycaemia.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 7 Any sepsis.
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Analysis 2.7

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 7 Any sepsis.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 8 Bacterial sepsis.
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Analysis 2.8

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 8 Bacterial sepsis.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 9 Fungal sepsis.
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Analysis 2.9

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 9 Fungal sepsis.

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 10 Treatment failure.
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Analysis 2.10

Comparison 2 Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension), Outcome 10 Treatment failure.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 1 Mortality to discharge.
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Analysis 3.1

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 1 Mortality to discharge.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 2 IVH grade 3 or 4.
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Analysis 3.2

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 2 IVH grade 3 or 4.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 3 IVH all grades.
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Analysis 3.3

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 3 IVH all grades.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 4 Periventricular leukomalacia.
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Analysis 3.4

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 4 Periventricular leukomalacia.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 5 Retinopathy of prematurity >Grade 2.
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Analysis 3.5

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 5 Retinopathy of prematurity >Grade 2.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 6 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants(36 weeks post menstrual age).
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Analysis 3.6

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 6 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants(36 weeks post menstrual age).

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 7 Necrotising enterocolitis.
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Analysis 3.7

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 7 Necrotising enterocolitis.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 8 Gastric bleeding.
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Analysis 3.8

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 8 Gastric bleeding.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 9 Gastrointestinal perforation.
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Analysis 3.9

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 9 Gastrointestinal perforation.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 10 Bacterial sepsis.
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Analysis 3.10

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 10 Bacterial sepsis.

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 11 Treatment failure.
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Analysis 3.11

Comparison 3 Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension), Outcome 11 Treatment failure.

Comparison 1. Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Mortality to discharge Show forest plot

1

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.14 [0.01, 2.42]

2 IVH grade 3 or 4 Show forest plot

1

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.83 [0.40, 1.76]

3 Periventricular leukomalacia Show forest plot

1

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

2.0 [0.22, 18.33]

4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age) Show forest plot

1

15

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.67 [0.26, 1.68]

5 Necrotising enterocolitis Show forest plot

1

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.14 [0.01, 2.42]

6 Bacterial sepsis Show forest plot

1

18

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.33 [0.09, 1.23]

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Comparison 1. Steroid versus placebo for the primary treatment of hypotension
Comparison 2. Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension)

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 IVH all grades Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.51 [0.42, 5.48]

2 Mortality to discharge Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.81 [0.18, 18.39]

3 Retinopathy of prematurity in surviving infants Show forest plot

1

37

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.26 [0.33, 4.88]

4 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants (at 36 weeks post‐menstrual age) Show forest plot

1

37

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

2.37 [0.52, 10.70]

5 Necrotising enterocolitis Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

3.62 [0.44, 29.60]

6 Hyperglycaemia Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.27 [0.48, 3.33]

7 Any sepsis Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.60 [0.20, 1.82]

8 Bacterial sepsis Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.60 [0.20, 1.82]

9 Fungal sepsis Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

10 Treatment failure Show forest plot

1

40

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

8.18 [0.47, 142.62]

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Comparison 2. Steroid versus other drug (primary treatment of hypotension)
Comparison 3. Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension)

Outcome or subgroup title

No. of studies

No. of participants

Statistical method

Effect size

1 Mortality to discharge Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.47 [0.53, 4.09]

1.1 Mortality to Discharge‐Dexamethasone versus placebo

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.69 [0.37, 7.67]

1.2 Mortality to Discharge‐Hydrocortisone versus placebo

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.33 [0.33, 5.33]

2 IVH grade 3 or 4 Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.74 [0.26, 2.09]

2.1 IVH grade 3 or 4‐Dexamethasone versus placebo

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.13 [0.20, 6.24]

2.2 IVH grade 3 or 4‐Hydrocortisone versus placebo

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.6 [0.16, 2.23]

3 IVH all grades Show forest plot

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.13 [0.41, 3.08]

4 Periventricular leukomalacia Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.08 [0.25, 4.64]

4.1 Periventricular leukomalacia‐Dexamethasone versus placebo

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.13 [0.20, 6.24]

4.2 Periventricular leukomalacia‐Hydrocortisone versus placebo

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.0 [0.07, 15.08]

5 Retinopathy of prematurity >Grade 2 Show forest plot

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.5 [0.05, 5.15]

6 Chronic lung disease in surviving infants(36 weeks post menstrual age) Show forest plot

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.13 [0.52, 2.42]

7 Necrotising enterocolitis Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.67 [0.12, 3.64]

7.1 Necrotising Enterocolitis‐Dexamethasone versus placebo

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.0 [0.0, 0.0]

7.2 Necrotising Enterocolitis‐Hydrocortisone versus placebo

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.67 [0.12, 3.64]

8 Gastric bleeding Show forest plot

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.67 [0.12, 3.64]

9 Gastrointestinal perforation Show forest plot

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.5 [0.05, 5.15]

10 Bacterial sepsis Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

1.09 [0.29, 4.10]

10.1 Bacterial Sepsis‐Dexamethasone versus placebo

1

17

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.75 [0.16, 3.41]

10.2 Bacterial Sepsis‐Hydrocortisone versus placebo

1

48

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

3.0 [0.13, 70.16]

11 Treatment failure Show forest plot

2

65

Risk Ratio (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)

0.35 [0.19, 0.65]

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Comparison 3. Steroid versus placebo or nothing (treatment of refractory hypotension)