Beta‐2 agonists vs placebo: Cough
Beta‐2 agonists showed no clear difference in children: cough after seven days daily phone call compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Beta‐2 agonists vs placebo Children: cough score after one day cough score · people with acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis Beta2‐agonists for acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 96 participants | Moderate |
Beta‐2 agonists vs placebo Children: cough score after three days cough score · people with acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis Beta2‐agonists for acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 95 participants | Moderate |
Beta‐2 agonists vs placebo Children: cough after seven days daily phone call · people with acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis Beta‐2 agonists showed no clear difference in children: cough after seven days daily phone call compared with placebo (moderate certainty). Beta2‐agonists for acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.89 [0.47, 1.68] | 1 study · 59 participants | Moderate |
Beta‐2 agonists vs placebo Adults: cough after seven days diary · people with acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis Beta‐2 agonists showed no clear difference in adults: cough after seven days diary compared with placebo (low certainty). Beta2‐agonists for acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis (2015) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 0.86 [0.63, 1.18] | 3 studies · 220 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beta2‐agonists for acute cough or a clinical diagnosis of acute bronchitis 2015 · 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.