Ear drops (any active treatment) vs ear drops (water or saline): Proportion of patients (or ears) with complete clearance of ear wax
Ear drops (any active treatment) may leads to higher proportion of patients (or ears) with complete clearance of ear wax compared with ear drops (water or saline) (low certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Ear drops (any active treatment) vs ear drops (water or saline) Proportion of patients (or ears) with complete clearance of ear wax · adults and children with ear wax requiring removal Ear drops (any active treatment) may leads to higher proportion of patients (or ears) with complete clearance of ear wax compared with ear drops (water or saline) (low certainty). Ear drops for the removal of ear wax (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.47 | 3 studies · 213 participants | Low |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ear drops for the removal of ear wax 2018 · 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.