Question · asked by 1 review
Antibiotics vs no treatment: Hearing
- Population
- children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
- Intervention
- Antibiotics
- Comparison
- no treatment
- Outcome
- Hearing
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics vs no treatment Hearing ‐ hearing threshold‡ (3 months; short‐term) № of participants: 73 (1 RCT) · children (aged 6 months to 12 years) with otitis media with effusion (OME) Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children (2023) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | Not reported | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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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.