Formoterol vs short‐acting beta2‐agonist: Exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids ‐ adults
Formoterol probably leads to lower patients with an exacerbation requiring a course of oral… compared with short‐acting beta2‐agonist (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Formoterol vs short‐acting beta2‐agonist Patients with an exacerbation requiring a course of oral corticosteroids · Patients with asthma Formoterol probably leads to lower patients with an exacerbation requiring a course of oral… compared with short‐acting beta2‐agonist (moderate certainty). Formoterol versus short‐acting beta‐agonists as relief medication for adults and children with asthma (2010) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.84 [0.77, 0.91] | 6 studies · 21591 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Formoterol versus short‐acting beta‐agonists as relief medication for adults and children with asthma 2010 · 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.