Antibiotics vs placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness: Complete resolution of OME at 2 to 3 months
Antibiotics probably leads to higher complete resolution of OME at 2 to 3 months compared with placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Antibiotics vs placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness Complete resolution of OME at 2 to 3 months · children with otitis media with effusion Antibiotics probably leads to higher complete resolution of OME at 2 to 3 months compared with placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness (moderate certainty). Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion in children (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 2 [1.58, 2.53] | 6 studies · 484 participants | Moderate |
Antibiotics vs placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness Complete resolution of OME at 2 to 4 weeks · children with otitis media with effusion Antibiotics may leads to higher complete resolution of OME at 2 to 4 weeks compared with placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness (low certainty). Antibiotics for otitis media with effusion in children (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.98 [1.47, 2.67] | 14 studies · 2091 participants | 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 in children 2016 · 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.