Question · asked by 1 review
Intramuscular corticosteroids vs oral corticosteroid: Health outcomes Peak expiratory flow readings (higher readings indicate better peak flow)
What each review found
Current versions only| Finding | Effect | Studies | GRADE certainty |
|---|---|---|---|
Intramuscular corticosteroids vs Oral corticosteroids Pulmonary function: Peak expiratory flow · patients with acute asthma Intramuscular versus oral corticosteroids to reduce relapses following discharge from the emergency… (2018) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 272 participants | Moderate |
Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.
The reviews
| Review | Searched up to | Included studies | AMSTAR 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intramuscular versus oral corticosteroids to reduce relapses following discharge from the emergency department for acute asthma 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.