Vertigo/dizziness: timing not reported · sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Intratympanic corticosteroids may leads to higher vertigo/dizziness: timing not reportedd compared with systemic corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Vertigo/dizziness: at the time of injection · sudden sensorineural hearing loss
1 finding from 1 review
Ear pain: timing not reported · sudden sensorineural hearing loss
Intratympanic corticosteroids probably leads to higher ear pain: timing not reportedf compared with systemic corticosteroids (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Ear pain: at the time of injection · sudden sensorineural hearing loss
1 finding from 1 review
Relapse · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in relapse compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 0.94 [0.72, 1.24]
9 studies · 804 participants
Low
RR 0.74 [0.51, 1.07]
7 studies · 742 participants
Moderate
RR 0.99 [0.74, 1.33]
5 studies · 556 participants
Low
Adverse events · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Health outcomes Peak expiratory flow readings (higher readings indicate better peak flow) · patients with acute asthma
1 finding from 1 review
Persistence of symptoms · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in symptom persistence compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
24‐hour beta agonist use · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in 24‐hour beta agonist use compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after treatment; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids showed no clear difference in short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after… compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 at end of treatment; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids showed no clear difference in final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 at end of treatment;… compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after treatment; topical corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
It is very uncertain whether systemic or topical corticosteroids changes short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after… compared with placebo or control treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/25 at end of treatment; topical corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids showed no clear difference in final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/25 at end of treatment;… compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to resolution of primary hemorrhage · people with traumatic hyphema
2 findings from 1 review
Risk of secondary hemorrhage; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids may leads to lower risk of secondary hemorrhage; oral corticosteroids compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of secondary hemorrhage; topical corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
It is very uncertain whether systemic or topical corticosteroids changes risk of secondary hemorrhage; topical corticosteroids compared with placebo or control treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 1.33 [1.09, 1.62]
5 studies · 1043 participants
Moderate
RR 1.4 [1.08, 1.81]
4 studies · 869 participants
Low
RR 1.12 [0.87, 1.44]
1 study · 174 participants
Moderate
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 ‐ Co‐treatment with antibiotics · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids may leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · patients with acute sinusitis
1 finding from 1 review