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Corticosteroids vs placebo: Complete caloric recovery
- Population
- Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis)
- Intervention
- Corticosteroids
- Comparison
- placebo
- Outcome
- Complete caloric recovery
Corticosteroids may leads to higher complete caloric recovery compared with placebo (low certainty).
What each review found
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| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Corticosteroids vs placebo Complete caloric recovery · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids may leads to higher complete caloric recovery compared with placebo (low certainty). Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2.81 [1.32, 6] | 2 studies · 50 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Complete caloric recovery · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in complete caloric recovery compared with placebo (low certainty). Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.58 [0.45, 5.62] | 2 studies · 89 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) 2011 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | Not reported | Not extracted | Not assessed |
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