Antibiotics vs placebo
Annual Exacerbation Rates · 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 probably leads to lower rate of exacerbation per patient/year 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 onlyRate ratio 0.67 [0.54, 0.83]5 studies · 1384 participantsModerate