Intranasal steroid spray vs no treatment
Presence/persistence of OME · children aged 6 months to 12 years with otitis media with effusion (OME)
It is very uncertain whether topical (intranasal) steroids changes presence/persistence of OME (short‐term); assumed ICC = 0.5 compared with no treatment (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Topical and oral steroids for otitis media with effusion (OME) in children 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.72 [0.57, 0.91]Studies not reportedVery low