Findings

What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · Emergency and Critical Care

No studies found 0 · 0%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 1 · 50%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Risk of acute mountain sickness · participants at risk of high altitude illness

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 2. Less commonly‐used drugs 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
2 studies · 205 participants
Very low

Risk of acute mountain sickness · participants at risk of high altitude illness

Acetazolamide may leads to lower risk of acute mountain sickness compared with spironolactone (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing high altitude illness: Part 2. Less commonly‐used drugs 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.36 [0.18, 0.7]
1 study · 232 participants
Low