Question · asked by 1 review

IV + inhaled beta agonist vs inhaled beta‐agonist: Hospital admissions

IV + inhaled beta agonist showed no clear difference in admissions to hospital compared with inhaled beta‐agonist (low certainty).

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
IV + inhaled beta agonist vs inhaled beta‐agonist
Admissions to hospital · patients with acute asthma
IV + inhaled beta agonist showed no clear difference in admissions to hospital compared with inhaled beta‐agonist (low certainty).
Addition of intravenous beta₂‐agonists to inhaled beta₂‐agonists for acute asthma (2012) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.29 [0.06, 1.38]1 study · 29 participantsLow

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

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Addition of intravenous beta₂‐agonists to inhaled beta₂‐agonists for acute asthma
2012 · 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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