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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

415 questions · 442 findings · 58 reviews

No studies found 70 · 15.8%GRADE not reported 19 · 4.3%Very low 99 · 22.4%Low 137 · 31%Moderate 86 · 19.5%High 31 · 7%

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Adverse events Assessed as: occurrence of one or more major adverse events requiring withdrawal of treatment · people with nerve damage (< 6 months' duration) in leprosy

Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in adverse events Assessed as: occurrence of one or more major adverse… compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Improvement in sensory nerve function at 1 year · people with nerve damage (6 to 24 months' duration) in leprosy

Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in improvement in sensory nerve function at 1 year compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Caloric extent of recovery (improvement as a % in lateralisation of electronystagmography on caloric testing) · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis)
2 findings from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Complete caloric recovery · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis)

Corticosteroids may leads to higher complete caloric recovery compared with placebo (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Histological improvement (dichotomous) · inactive EoE patients

Corticosteroids probably leads to higher histological improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review