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Grommets vs active monitoring

Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation

Grommets may leads to higher proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with active monitoring (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 9.49 [2.38, 37.8]
1 study · 95 participants
Low

Grommets vs antibiotic prophylaxis

Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation

It is very uncertain whether grommets changes proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.68 [1.07, 2.65]
2 studies · 96 participants
Very low

Grommets vs placebo medication

Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation

It is very uncertain whether grommets changes proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with placebo medication (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 3.64 [1.2, 11.04]
1 study · 42 participants
Very low

Grommets vs active monitoring

Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 12 months post‐randomisation

Grommets showed no clear difference in proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 12 months… compared with active monitoring (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.41 [1, 1.99]
1 study · 200 participants
Low