Treatment route: intravenous corticosteroid vs oral corticosteroid
Treatment failure Need for additional treatment · exacerbations of COPD
Treatment route: intravenous corticosteroid showed no clear difference in treatment failure Need to intensify therapy compared with oral corticosteroid (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Systemic corticosteroids for acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyOR 0.67 [0.34, 1.3]3 studies · 298 participantsModerate