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High-dose intravenous selenium does not improve clinical outcomes in the critically ill: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Critical care (London, England)2016The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • selenium atom — no detected effect on all-cause mortality

    Evidence strength: moderate.FindingNull resultreplicated ×3
    “When the results of the 21 trials in which researchers reported mortality were aggregated, no statistically significant difference was found between Se supplementation and placebo (RR 0.98, 95 % CI 0.90–1.08, P = 0.72, heterogeneity I 2 = 0 %).”
    Quoted verbatim from High-dose intravenous selenium does not improve clinical outcomes in the critically ill: a systematic review and meta-analysis..
    Study
    meta-analysis
    Population
    Critically ill adults in ICU, 21 RCTs of parenteral selenium as monotherapy or within antioxidant combinations versus placebo

    Effect 0.98 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.9 to 1.08

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