Number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics probably leads to lower number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of children with AOM (overall) · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic probably leads to lower proportion of children with AOM (overall) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of children with AOM: children not prone to AOM · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic probably leads to lower proportion of children with AOM: children not prone to AOM compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Proportion of children with AOM: children prone to AOM · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic showed no clear difference in proportion of children with AOM: children prone to AOM compared with placebo (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Severity of AOM · children up to age 18 years
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Adverse events · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with placebo (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time off school for child · children up to age 18 years
1 finding from 1 review
Difference in the use of antibiotics · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic probably leads to lower difference in the use of antibiotics compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Difference in proportion of children with other infections · children up to age 18 years
Probiotic probably leads to lower difference in proportion of children with other infections compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of VAP · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Per‐protocol analysis: probiotics may leads to lower incidence of VAP compared with control (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
ICU mortality · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
It is very uncertain whether per‐protocol analysis: probiotics changes ICU mortality compared with control (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hospital mortality · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
It is very uncertain whether per‐protocol analysis: probiotics changes hospital mortality compared with control (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Diarrhoea · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
It is very uncertain whether per‐protocol analysis: probiotics changes diarrhoea compared with control (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of ICU stay · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of mechanical ventilation · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
1 finding from 1 review
Antibiotic use · patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Per‐protocol analysis: probiotics showed no clear difference in antibiotic use compared with control (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants who were diagnosed with acute URTIs: at least 1 event · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics may leads to lower number of participants who were diagnosed with acute URTIs: at least… compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants who were diagnosed with acute URTIs: at least 3 events · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics probably leads to lower number of participants who were diagnosed with acute URTIs: at least… compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Incidence of acute URTIs during the study period (the number of acute URTIs over a period of time) · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics may leads to lower incidence rate of acute URTIs compared with placebo or no treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Mean duration of an episode of acute URTIs · children, adults, and the elderly
1 finding from 1 review