Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Airways

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 66.7%Low 1 · 33.3%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Re‐admission during · children with acute asthma

1 finding from 1 review

Different oral corticosteroid regimens for acute asthma 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 98 participants
Very low

Re‐admission during · children with acute asthma

Children: prednisolone showed no clear difference in re‐admission during compared with dexamethasone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Different oral corticosteroid regimens for acute asthma 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.44 [0.15, 1.33]
3 studies · 985 participants
Low

Re‐admission during · Adults with acute asthma

It is very uncertain whether adults: prednisolone changes re‐admission during compared with dexamethasone (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Different oral corticosteroid regimens for acute asthma 2016 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.35 [0.04, 3.47]
1 study · 200 participants
Very low