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Monotherapy vs combination therapy: Clinical cure

It is very uncertain whether monotherapy changes clinical cure (ITT) compared with combination therapy (very low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Monotherapy vs combination therapy
Clinical cure (ITT) · Ventilator‐associated pneumonia
It is very uncertain whether monotherapy changes clinical cure (ITT) compared with combination therapy (very low certainty).
Antibiotics for ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.88 [0.56, 1.36]2 studies · 350 participantsVery low
Monotherapy vs combination therapy
Clinical cure (CE) · Ventilator‐associated pneumonia
It is very uncertain whether monotherapy changes clinical cure (CE) compared with combination therapy (very low certainty).
Antibiotics for ventilator‐associated pneumonia (2016) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.97 [0.56, 1.68]2 studies · 228 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Antibiotics for ventilator‐associated pneumonia
2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedlist not extracted yetNot 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

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