Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment: Number of participants who were not cured at
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in number of participants who were not cured at compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment Number of participants who were not cured at · children < 24 months with persistent respiratory symptoms following acute bronchiolitis Antibiotics showed no clear difference in number of participants who were not cured at compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty). Antibiotics for persistent cough or wheeze following acute bronchiolitis in children (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.69 [0.37, 1.28] | 2 studies · 249 participants | Low |
Antibiotics vs placebo or no treatment Proportion of participants who were not cured at · children < 24 months with ongoing symptoms (cough/wheeze) post‐acute bronchiolitis Antibiotics for persistent cough or wheeze following acute bronchiolitis in children (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyearlier version CD009834.PUB2, superseded | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antibiotics for persistent cough or wheeze following acute bronchiolitis in children 2017 · 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.