Supporting Information
Additional supporting information may be found online in the Supporting
Information section at the end of the article.
Appendix S1 : Search Strategy
Appendix S2 : Characteristics of included, ongoing and excluded
studies
Table S2.1 Main characteristics of population and setting of
included studiesTable S2.2 Characteristics of included studiesTable S2.3 Characteristics of ongoing studiesTable S2.4 Characteristics excluded studies
Appendix S3 : Focus group: patients’ perspectives
Appendix S4 : Risk of bias figures and tables
Figure S4.1: Risk of bias graph by risk of bias item (% across
all included studies)Figure S4.2: Risk of bias summary by risk of bias item for each
included study
Table S4.1 Support for judgement of included studies by risk of
bias item
Appendix S5 : Pairwise meta-analysis results for direct
comparison dexamethasone vs. betamethasone forest-plots
Appendix S6 : Summary of finding tables of corticosteroid vs.
placebo/no treatment
Table S6.1 Summary of
finding table: dexamethasone vs. controlTable S6.2 Summary of finding table: betamethasone vs. control
Appendix S7 : Pairwise meta-analysis results for direct
comparison corticosteroids vs. placebo/no treatment forest-plots by type
of corticosteroid
Appendix S8 : Network meta-analysis outputs
Appendix S9 : Meta-regression, subgroup and sensitivity analysis
Appendix S10 : PRISMA NMA Checklist