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Prophylactic corticosteroids for pediatric open heart surgery

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005550Copiar DOI
Base de datos:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Versión publicada:
  1. 19 octubre 2005see what's new
Tipo:
  1. Intervention
Etapa:
  1. Protocol
Grupo Editorial Cochrane:

  1. Grupo Cochrane de Corazón

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2007 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Autores

  • Suzi C Robertson‐Malt

    Correspondencia a: Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Heart Institute, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    [email protected]

  • Barry Afrane

    Cardiovascular, King Faisal Heart Institute, Other

  • Mahmoud Barbary

    Cardiac Surgery, National Guard Hospital, Other

Contributions of authors

Suzi Robertson‐Malt ‐ Primary Reviewer
Prepared and designed the protocol.
Participated in writing the text.
For purposes of dual data collection will screen papers for inclusion or exclusion. Will extract data from papers that are to be included.

Mahmoud Barbary is principle co‐reviewer
Conceived the review and helped prepare and design the protocol.
Participated in writing the text.
For purposes of dual data collection will screen papers for inclusion or exclusion. Will extract data from papers that are to be included. Provides the methodological and clinical perspective on the data.

Barry Afrane
Participated in preparing the protocol.
Provides pharmacological perspective.
For purposes of data collection will be the third party to make a final decision when consensus is not achieved.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • King Faisal Heart Institute, Saudi Arabia.

  • National Guard Hospital, Saudi Arabia.

External sources

  • No sources of support supplied

Declarations of interest

None known

Acknowledgements

We thank Theresa Moore, Katherine Wornell and Margaret Burke in the Cochrane Heart Group for their help and assistance to the protocol. We also thank all participants who were in the clinical trials themselves to contribute knowledge of corticosteroids for prophylaxis in pediatric open heart surgery.

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

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005550.pub3

2007 Oct 17

Prophylactic steroids for pediatric open heart surgery

Review

Suzi Robertson‐Malt, Barry Afrane, Mahmoud Elbarbary

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005550.pub2

2005 Oct 19

Prophylactic corticosteroids for pediatric open heart surgery

Protocol

Suzi C Robertson‐Malt, Barry Afrane, Mahmoud Barbary

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD005550

Keywords

MeSH

Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Keywords

Medical Subject Headings Check Words

Adolescent; Child; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Male;

Table 1. Data Extraction Form

Questions

Answers

AUTHORS

PUBLICATION ID

YEAR OF PUBLICATION

LANGUAGE

TYPE OF STUDY

COMMENTS ON STUDY DESIGN
Allocation was concealed and drawn consecutively
Disclosure of allocation was possible
Allocation concealment was not stated or was unclear
Allocation was not concealed (e.g quasi ‐randomisation)

Inclusion and exclusion criteria were clearly defined in the text?
Inclusion and exclusion criteria were not clearly defined in the text?

Outcomes of patients who withdrew or were excluded after allocation
were either detailed seperately or included in an intention to treat analysis
or the text stated that there were no withdrawals.

Outcome of patients who withdrew or were excluded after allocation were
NEITHER detailed seperately nor included in an intention to treat analysis

Treatment and control groups were adequately described at entry (a minimum of 4 admission details were described (age, sex, weight, allergies)

Treatment and control groups were NOT adequately described at entry

The text stated that the care programmes other than the trial options were identical
The text stated that the care programmes other than the trial options were NOT identical

Outcome measures were clearly defined in the text
Outcome measures were NOT clearly defined in the text

Outcome assessors were blind to the allocation of patients
Outcome assessors were NOT blind to the allocation of patients

The timing of outcome measures was appropriate
The timing of outcome measures was NOT appropriate

Yes No Unclear
Yes No Unclear

METHODS:
Physician‐ blinded
Outcome assessor blinded

Yes No Unclear
Yes No Unclear

PARTICIPANTS:
Number of eligible participants
Number enrolled in study
Number Males : Females
Age range
Type of surgery

Were groups similar at entry

Yes No Unclear

INTERVENTION
Steroid type
Dose
Withdrawals : total number
Drop outs: total number
Included in analysis:

Yes No Unclear
Yes No Unclear

Yes No Unclear

COMMENT ON TREATMENT

OUTCOMES: (mean values for continuous data)

Reported treatment group SD
Reported control group SD
Mortality %
Duration of ventilation (hours:mins)
Need for renal dysfunction %
Length of Stay ICU (days)
Capillary Leak %
Temperature %
Inotrope therapy (> 3 agents ) %

Authors contacted regarding unreported outcome data
Date contacted
Response received

Yes No Unclear

COMMENTS ON OUTCOMES
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