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What do systematic reviews say?

6 questions · 6 findings · 3 reviews

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Topical antibiotics vs placebo/no treatment

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · patients with mucopurulent otorrhoea

1 finding from 1 review

Topical antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 35 participants
Very low

Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · people with CSOM; one study included patients of unknown age; one study included children with CSOM who had not responded to initial…

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antiseptics

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · schoolchildren with CSOM

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Antibiotics vs no treatment/placebo

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · children with CSOM

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review

Systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found

Topical antibiotics with steroids vs placebo/no treatment

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · chronic suppurative otitis media

1 finding from 1 review

Topical antibiotics with steroids for chronic suppurative otitis media 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 123 participants
Very low

Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics

Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · people (of any age) with CSOM

It is very uncertain whether systemic antibiotics changes ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation ‐ measured at 1… compared with no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Systemic antibiotics for chronic suppurative otitis media 2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1 [0.21, 4.72]
1 study · 100 participants
Very low