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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

49 questions · 51 findings · 5 reviews

No studies found 8 · 15.7%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 11 · 21.6%Low 30 · 58.8%Moderate 2 · 3.9%High 0 · 0%

Topical corticosteroids vs Another topical agent or placebo

Adverse effects of long‐term use of available topical agents · HIV‐infected adults (> 13 years of age, per CDC) with one or more painful intraoral aphthous ulcers

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review
  • No studies were included in this review. A total of 233 abstracts were retrieved; 25 were selected as potentially eligible but all were excluded (10 reported systemic rather than topical treatment; 3 non‐RCTs; 6…
    0 studies
    No studies found

Systemic or topical corticosteroids vs placebo or control

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

Systemic or topical corticosteroids vs placebo or control

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