Quinolone vs macrolides: Exacerbations (number of people experiencing ≥ 1 exacerbations)
Quinolone showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing one or more exacerbations… compared with macrolide (low certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Quinolone vs macrolide Number of participants experiencing one or more exacerbations Quinolone versus macrolide · chronic obstructive pulmonary disease Quinolone showed no clear difference in number of participants experiencing one or more exacerbations… compared with macrolide (low certainty). Head‐to‐head oral prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (2019) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 1 [0.32, 3.1] | 1 study · 50 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head‐to‐head oral prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2019 · 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.