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  • Title: Corticosteroid in anti-inflammatory treatment of pediatric acute myocarditis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
    Author: Yao Q, Zhan S.
    Journal: Ital J Pediatr; 2023 Mar 13; 49(1):30. PubMed ID: 36915162.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: To evaluate the efficacy of corticosteroids in anti-inflammatory treatment of pediatric acute myocarditis. METHODS: We searched PubMed, Embase and Cochrane library and included studies before October 2022 for clinical trials, observational studies and retrospective studies which reported on children with acute myocarditis treated with corticosteroid anti-inflammatory therapy. The quality of the clinical trials was assessed by Jadad score as an exclusion criterion. RESULTS: This systematic review included 6 studies involving 604 pediatric patients with acute myocarditis. Corticosteroid therapy was not associated with reduced risk of mortality due to acute myocarditis (P = 0.53; RR = 0.87; 95% CI = 0.58 to 1.33) compared to anti-failure treatment. There was a significant improvement in pediatric patients' left ventricular function measured by left ventricular ejection fraction in the group on corticosteroid anti-inflammatory treatment (P = 0.0009; MD = 11.93%; 95% CI = 4.87% to 18.99%). No conclusion can be drawn due to the high heterogeneity in meta-analyses of risk of getting to a clinical endpoint (death or heart transplantation) and changes in left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD). CONCLUSIONS: Corticosteroid anti-inflammatory therapy in pediatric acute myocarditis patients showed no significant improvement in reducing the risk of mortality, but showed significant improvement in LVEF.
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