Topical antibiotics vs placebo/no treatment
Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · patients with mucopurulent otorrhoea
1 finding from 1 review
- no estimate extracted1 study · 35 participantsVery low
Findings
What do systematic reviews say?
3 questions · 3 findings · 2 reviews
No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 3 · 100%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%
Topical antibiotics with steroids vs topical antibiotics
Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · people (of any age) with chronic suppurative otitis media or ear discharge
It is very uncertain whether topical antibiotics with steroids changes ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation compared with topical antibiotics alone (same antibiotics) (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Topical antibiotics with steroids for chronic suppurative otitis media 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.981 study · 105 participantsVery low
Topical antibiotics with steroids vs placebo/no treatment
Ear pain (otalgia) or discomfort or local irritation · chronic suppurative otitis media
1 finding from 1 review
- Topical antibiotics with steroids for chronic suppurative otitis media 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyno estimate extracted1 study · 123 participantsVery low