Sore throat · patients with sore throat
Antibiotics probably leads to lower sore throat: day 3 compared with control (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Fever · patients with sore throat
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in fever: day 3 compared with control (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Headache · patients with sore throat
Antibiotics leads to lower headache: day 3 compared with control (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Swelling (mean) · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
Postoperative systemic antibiotics… showed no clear difference in swelling at 48 hours compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and…; GRADE not reported.
4 findings from 1 review
SMD 0.04 [-0.47, 0.55]
2 studies · 61 participants
GRADE not reported
SMD 0.27 [-0.23, 0.78]
2 studies · 62 participants
Very low
SMD 0.02 [-0.49, 0.52]
2 studies · 61 participants
Very low
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Percussion pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
Postoperative systemic antibiotics… showed no clear difference in percussion pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and…; GRADE not reported.
1 finding from 1 review
Pain at 7 days · Adults with a symptomatic necrotic tooth or localised acute apical abscess (no signs of spreading infection or systemic involvement)
It is very uncertain whether postoperative systemic antibiotics… changes pain at 7 days compared with matched placebo, partial or total chemo-mechanical debridement and… (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · adults with uncomplicated appendicitis
It is very uncertain whether antibiotics changes length of hospital stay (days) compared with surgery (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 2 to 3 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics leads to lower pain ‐ pain at 2 to 3 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 4 to 7 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in pain ‐ pain at 4 to 7 days compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Pain ‐ pain at 10 to 12 days · children with acute otitis media
Antibiotics probably leads to lower pain ‐ pain at 10 to 12 days compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Otitis media · patients with sore throat
Antibiotics leads to lower otitis media (within 14 days, clinical diagnosis) compared with control (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Symptom score at 10 days. Measured on a 7‐point scale (0 to 6) ; lower score denotes fewer symptoms · acute asthma exacerbation
1 finding from 1 review
Serious adverse events Duration 3 days to 3 weeks · acute asthma exacerbation
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in serious adverse events Duration 3 days to 3 weeks compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · acute asthma exacerbation
1 finding from 1 review
PEFR (GIV) Duration 10 days · acute asthma exacerbation
1 finding from 1 review
Length of stay (inpatients only) · exacerbations of COPD
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of hospital stay (days) ‐ ICU patients · exacerbations of COPD
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of confirmed sepsis in first 28 days · symptomatic neonates born through meconium‐stained amniotic fluid
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of oxygen therapy (hours) · symptomatic neonates born through meconium‐stained amniotic fluid
1 finding from 1 review
Length of hospital stay · symptomatic neonates born through meconium‐stained amniotic fluid
1 finding from 1 review