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What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 2 reviews · Airways

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Intervention not reported

Adverse events · adults with COPD who had exertional dyspnoea but did not fulfil the criteria for long‐term oxygen treatment

The intervention showed no clear difference in adverse events (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Ambulatory oxygen for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who are not hypoxaemic at rest 2014 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.77 [0.21, 2.81]
2 studies · 83 participants
Low

Antibiotics vs placebo

Serious adverse events WMD of · Adults (aged 40 or over) with COPD presenting with 1 or more exacerbations in the previous year. The 2 larger studies (Albert 2011; Sethi…

Antibiotics showed no clear difference in serious adverse events WMD of compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Prophylactic antibiotic therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.88 [0.74, 1.05]
9 studies · 2978 participants
Moderate