Oral corticosteroids vs placebo or NSAID: Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Oral corticosteroids vs placebo or NSAID Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 · patients with acute sinusitis Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty). Systemic corticosteroids for acute sinusitis (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.33 [1.09, 1.62] | 5 studies · 1043 participants | Moderate |
Oral corticosteroids vs placebo or NSAID Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 ‐ Co‐treatment with antibiotics · patients with acute sinusitis Oral corticosteroids may leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (low certainty). Systemic corticosteroids for acute sinusitis (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.4 [1.08, 1.81] | 4 studies · 869 participants | Low |
Oral corticosteroids vs placebo or NSAID Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 ‐ Corticosteroid monotherapy · patients with acute sinusitis Oral corticosteroids showed no clear difference in proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty). Systemic corticosteroids for acute sinusitis (2014) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | RR 1.12 [0.87, 1.44] | 1 study · 174 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Systemic corticosteroids for acute sinusitis 2014 · 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.