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Single inhaler therapy vs fixed dose ICS

Hospital admissions due to exacerbations: number of participants · adults with asthma not well controlled on ICS

Single inhaler therapy showed no clear difference in patients with exacerbations causing hospitalisation compared with fixed dose ICS (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination formoterol and budesonide as maintenance and reliever therapy versus current best practice (including… 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.56 [0.28, 1.09]
3 studies · 4209 participants
Moderate

160/4.5 mcg BDF single inhaler therapy vs current best practice

Hospital admissions due to exacerbations: number of participants · adults with asthma not well controlled on ICS

160/4.5 mcg BDF single inhaler therapy showed no clear difference in patients with exacerbations causing hospitalisation compared with current best practice (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination formoterol and budesonide as maintenance and reliever therapy versus current best practice (including… 2013 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.81 [0.45, 1.44]
8 studies · 8841 participants
Low