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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

2,079 questions · 2,112 findings · 171 reviews · Eyes and Vision

No studies found 587 · 27.8%GRADE not reported 95 · 4.5%Very low 446 · 21.1%Low 557 · 26.4%Moderate 361 · 17.1%High 66 · 3.1%

Lutein with or without zeaxanthin vs placebo

Progression to late AMD (neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy or both) · people with AMD

Lutein with or without zeaxanthin showed no clear difference in progression to late AMD (neovascular AMD, geographic atrophy, or both) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Treatment incompletion (RR < 1 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

Antibiotics probably leads to lower treatment incompletion (RR < 1 favored) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Persistent clinical infection after one course of treatment (RR < 1 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

Antibiotics probably leads to lower persistent clinical infection after one course of treatment (RR < 1… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics vs placebo

Treatment‐associated ocular complications (RR < 1 or RD ≤ 0 favored) · Participants with acute bacterial conjunctivitis

It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes treatment‐associated ocular complications (RR < 1 or RD ≤ 0 favored) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Surgery vs botulinum neurotoxin injections

Treatment success: improvement in the angle of strabismus at 6 months · children with infantile esotropia

It is very uncertain whether surgery changes treatment success: improvement in the angle of strabismus at 6 months compared with botulinum neurotoxin injections (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review