Insertion of ventilation tubes · Children with otitis media with effusion
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in insertion of ventilation tubes compared with placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Tympanic membrane sequelae · Children with otitis media with effusion
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in tympanic membrane sequelae compared with placebo, no treatment or therapy of unproven effectiveness (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical failure rate · patients with uncomplicated acute maxillary sinusitis
Antibiotics probably leads to lower clinical failure rate compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Quality of life and activity impairment · patients with uncomplicated acute maxillary sinusitis
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Very low
Maternal and neonatal mortality · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Maternal and neonatal severe infection · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of maternal and neonatal hospital stay · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Endomyometritis · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Need for additional antibiotic therapy · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Postpartum readmission for endometritis · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
1 finding from 1 review
Treatment failure · women with management of intra‐amniotic infection
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes treatment failure compared with placebo during postpartum period (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of diarrhoea · patients symptomatic for NTS infection
1 finding from 1 review
Fever clearance time · patients symptomatic for NTS infection
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of illness · patients symptomatic for NTS infection
1 finding from 1 review
Clinical treatment failure (Persistent or worsening symptoms at the end of treatment) · patients symptomatic for NTS infection
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes clinical treatment failure (Persistent or worsening symptoms at the… compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Diarrhoea · patients symptomatic for NTS infection
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes presence of diarrhoea at 2‐4 days compared with placebo or no treatment (very low certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Fever ‐ not measured · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Length of maternal hospital stay (days) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
Low
Infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound infection) № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (superficial perineal wound… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.53 [0.4, 0.69]
Studies not reported
High
Infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of participants: 3420 (1 RCT) · Women undergoing operative vaginal delivery
Any antibiotics leads to lower infected episiotomy/laceration (deep perineal wound infection № of… compared with placebo or no treatment (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 0.46 [0.31, 0.69]
Studies not reported
High