Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Corticosteroids for Pediatric Orbital Cellulitis

A systematic review and meta-analysis of six studies involving 11,803 pediatric patients, evaluating the effectiveness and safety of adjunctive systemic corticosteroids for orbital cellulitis. The work was authored by Emily S. Acker and published on figshare in April 2026. It pools data from randomized and observational studies to assess outcomes like length of stay and surgical intervention.

Use Cases

• Assessing treatment efficacy based on pooled results for length of stay and adverse outcomes
• Informing clinical guidelines based on meta-analysis of corticosteroid use in pediatric patients
• Identifying research gaps based on the reported low to moderate certainty of evidence

Strengths

• Includes data from 11,803 pediatric patients across six studies
• Follows PRISMA guidelines for systematic review methodology
• Reports specific risk ratios and confidence intervals for key clinical outcomes

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• The dataset is a 14.3 KB document, indicating a limited scope of raw data

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

PRISMA-compliant systematic review and meta-analysis of published studies

Time Range

Studies included up to the date of the review's publication

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-20 05:23:34; freshness should be verified

Geography

Global, based on the included studies