Cycled inhaled tobramycin vs culture‐based TNS: Pulmonary exacerbations
Cycled inhaled tobramycin (TNS) probably leads to lower frequency of infective pulmonary exacerbations: proportion of… compared with culture‐based TNS (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Cycled inhaled tobramycin (TNS) vs culture‐based TNS Frequency of infective pulmonary exacerbations: proportion of participants with one or more pulmonary exacerbations (any severity) · adults and children with cystic fibrosis and a positive microbiological isolate of P aeruginosa from a respiratory… Cycled inhaled tobramycin (TNS) probably leads to lower frequency of infective pulmonary exacerbations: proportion of… compared with culture‐based TNS (moderate certainty). Antibiotic strategies for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.75 | 1 study · 304 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotic strategies for eradicating Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with cystic fibrosis 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | list not extracted yet | Not assessed |
Studies behind the findings
None of these reviews ties its included studies to this outcome in the data here. Cochrane reviews and reviews with headline outcomes only do not list their studies yet.
How reviews are matched to this question
Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.