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Antibiotics vs placebo

Serious adverse events WMD of · 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 showed no clear difference in serious adverse events WMD of compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Higher vs lower FiO2 or targets of arterial oxygenation

Proportion of participants with 1 or more serious adverse events according to International Conference on Harmonisation Good Clinical Practice (ICH‐GCP) · adults admitted to the ICU

It is very uncertain whether higher changes proportion of participants with ≥ 1 serious adverse events according… compared with lower FiO2 or targets of arterial oxygenation (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review