Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils vs tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms: Hospital admissions
Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils probably leads to lower hospitalisations compared with tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Include earlier review versions| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils vs tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms Hospitalisations · adults and children with asthma Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils probably leads to lower hospitalisations compared with tailored interventions based on clinical symptoms (moderate certainty). Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils versus clinical symptoms for asthma in children and adults (2017) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | OR 0.28 [0.09, 0.84] | 4 studies · 269 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tailored interventions based on sputum eosinophils versus clinical symptoms for asthma in children and adults 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.