Topical antibiotics vs placebo/no treatment
Suspected ototoxicity · patients with mucopurulent otorrhoea
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 35 participantsVery low
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
6 questions · 6 findings · 3 reviews
No studies found 2 · 33.3%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 4 · 66.7%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics
Suspected ototoxicity · 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
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antiseptics
Suspected ototoxicity · schoolchildren with CSOM
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 204 participantsVery low
Antibiotics vs no treatment/placebo
Suspected ototoxicity · children with CSOM
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extractedStudies not reportedNo studies found
Topical antibiotics with steroids vs placebo/no treatment
Suspected ototoxicity · chronic suppurative otitis media
1 finding from 1 review
- Topical antibiotics with steroids for chronic suppurative otitis media 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 123 participantsVery low
Antibiotics vs no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics
Suspected ototoxicity · people (of any age) with CSOM
It is very uncertain whether systemic antibiotics changes suspected ototoxicity ‐ measured at 10 days to 3 weeks compared with no treatment or placebo on top of topical antibiotics (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- RR 3 [0.13, 71.92]3 studies · 250 participantsVery low