Glucose level and risk of mortality in pediatric septic shock*
- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
- Vol. 6 (4), 470-472
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.pcc.0000161284.96739.3a
Abstract
To review the findings and discuss the implications of the use of inhaled nitric oxide for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in patients beyond the neonatal period. A critical appraisal of a systematic review. The authors conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to determine the effect of inhaled nitric oxide on clinical outcomes of patients with acute hypoxemic respiratory failure. The outcomes included mortality, changes in oxygenation, ventilator-free days, duration of intensive care and hospital stays, and adverse effects. It was a high-quality systematic review provided with strict entry criteria, an extensive literature search, and thorough critical appraisals. Only five trials (n = 623) met entry criteria. Inhaled nitric oxide had no effect on mortality in studies without crossover of treatment failures to open-label inhaled nitric oxide (relative risk, 0.98; 95% confidence interval, 0.66-1.44). A statistically significant improvement in oxygenation was observed in one study. The effect, however, was observed only in the first 4 days of treatment and was not clinically significant. The heterogeneity in study findings precluded meta-analyses of other clinical outcomes and adverse effects in the selected studies. There is insufficient evidence to determine whether inhaled nitric oxide is beneficial or harmful for acute hypoxemic respiratory failure in children and adults. While awaiting further studies to prove its benefit, inhaled nitric oxide should not either be recommended as a standard management or excluded for the treatment of acute hypoxemic respiratory failure.Keywords
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