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Each row is one question a systematic review asked: who, what, compared with what, and which outcome, with the effect it found and how certain that is. Every word you type has to appear somewhere in the question, and the closest matches are ranked first.
75,239 questions in 5,342 reviews
current versionsNo studies 15,213 · 20.2%Ungraded 10,323 · 13.7%Very low 17,528 · 23.3%Low 17,951 · 23.9%Moderate 11,190 · 14.9%High 3,034 · 4%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
| Question | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Intervention NR Participants reporting adverse events · patients with rheumatoid arthritis pain Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain (2011) · Cochrane | OR 3.9 [2.31, 6.56] | 4 studies · 371 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Serious adverse events · patients with rheumatoid arthritis pain Opioid therapy for treating rheumatoid arthritis pain (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 317 participants | Low |
Epinephrine vs placebo Admissions at enrollment or < 24 hours (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.67 [0.5, 0.89] | 5 studies · 995 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine vs steroid Admissions overall up to 7 days (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.08 [0.77, 1.52] | 1 study · 399 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine vs placebo Admissions overall up to 7 days (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.81 [0.63, 1.03] | 3 studies · 875 participants | Low |
Epinephrine vs placebo Length of stay (inpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 292 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine vs salbutamol/albuterol Admissions at enrollment or < 24 hours (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.67 [0.41, 1.09] | 7 studies · 444 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine vs salbutamol/albuterol Admissions overall up to 7 days (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.05 [0.71, 1.54] | 2 studies · 212 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine vs salbutamol/albuterol Length of stay (inpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 261 participants | Moderate |
Epinephrine and steroid vs placebo Admissions at enrollment or < 24 hours (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.64 [0.4, 1.04] | 1 study · 401 participants | Low |
Epinephrine and steroid vs placebo Admissions overall up to 7 days (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.64 [0.44, 0.95] | 1 study · 400 participants | Low |
Epinephrine vs steroid Admissions (outpatients only) · patients with acute viral bronchiolitis Epinephrine for bronchiolitis (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.12 [0.66, 1.88] | 2 studies · 444 participants | Moderate |
3,4‐Diaminopyridine vs placebo Improvement in muscle strength (QMG score) Scale from: 0 to 39 · participants with Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome Treatment for Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 40 participants | Moderate |
3,4‐Diaminopyridine vs placebo Improvement in mean CMAP amplitude (mV) · participants with Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome Treatment for Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 94 participants | High |
3,4‐Diaminopyridine vs placebo Adverse events · participants with Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome Treatment for Lambert‐Eaton myasthenic syndrome (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 4 studies · 42 participants | High |
Intervention NR Change in number of mothersaccepting family planningservices · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 16 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Perinatal mortality (deaths per 1000 live and stillbirths) Â · Children under 3 years of age in rural villages Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Neonatal mortality (deaths per 1000 live births) Â · Children under 3 years of age in rural villages Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Infant mortality2 (deaths per 1000 live births) Â · Children under 3 years of age in rural villages Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Utilisation of STI services [Number of visits to STI services per women assessed over a one year period] Â · Women living around truck stops Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 7 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Women referred to and attended STI services · Women living around truck stops Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.54 | 7 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Women satisfied with STI services [Number of women interviewed who were satisfied] Â · Women living around truck stops Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.84 | 7 participants | Low |
Intervention NR Nyamuryekung'e 1997 · Women living around truck stops Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 participants | Ungraded |
Intervention NR Change in % of women using family planning  · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | Low |
Intervention NR Change in knowledge of family planning  · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | Low |
Intervention NR Change in Infant Mortality Rate per 1000 live births1 · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.53 | NR | Low |
Intervention NR Couples initiating non barrier contraception · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 2.39 | 251 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Perinatal mortality1 (deaths per 1000 live and stillbirths) Â · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Neonatal mortality1 (deaths per 1000 live births) Â · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Infant mortality1 (deaths per 1000 live births) Â · Couples, women and children in villages and districts Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 10 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR STI treatment effectiveness Reported as symptoms stopped since STI treatment in past year  · Communities and health centres Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | 2.49 | 11980 participants | High |
Intervention NR Health seeking behaviour Sought treatment within 3 days of STI symptoms in last year  · Communities and health centres Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | 1.13 | 11980 participants | High |
Intervention NR STI incidence Urethral or vaginal discharge in last year  · Communities and health centres Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | 1.41 | 11980 participants | High |
Intervention NR HIV Incidence/1000 person years at risk  · Communities and health centres Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | IRR 1.36 | 11980 participants | High |
Intervention NR Gregson 2007 · Communities and health centres Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 participants | Ungraded |
Intervention NR Incident pregnancies occurring during a one year · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.89 | 251 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Change in % of women accepting family planning methods · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 19 participants | Very low |
Intervention NR Patients offered HIV testing in STI clinics1 Â · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.35 | 9080 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR Patients who received HIV testing in STI clinics1 Â · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.23 | 9080 participants | Moderate |
Intervention NR New adult TB patients received HIV counselling in TB clinics2 · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 2.69 | 754 participants | High |
Intervention NR New adult TB patients received HIV testing in TB clinics2 · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | RR 3.12 | 754 participants | High |
Intervention NR Leon 2010 2. Pope 2008 · Facilities providing primary health services Strategies for integrating primary health services in low‐ and middle‐income countries at the point of… (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 participants | Ungraded |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Pain relief ‐ Complete relief · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 2.1 [1.32, 3.35] | 4 studies · 296 participants | Moderate |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Pain relief ‐ Complete/Partial relief · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.72 [1.13, 2.63] | 3 studies · 119 participants | Moderate |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Compression of spinal cord · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.1 [0.39, 3.07] | 2 studies · 270 participants | Low |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Pain flares · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 0.74 [0.27, 2.06] | 2 studies · 270 participants | Low |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Thrombocytopenia III‐IV · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 2.21 [0.98, 4.99] | 4 studies · 313 participants | Low |
Radioisotopes vs Placebo Leucocytopenia III‐IV · patients with metastatic bone pain Radioisotopes for metastatic bone pain (2011) · Cochrane | RR 5.9 [1.62, 21.47] | 4 studies · 410 participants | Low |
Methylnaltrexone vs placebo Rescue free laxation within 4 hours · patients with the management of opioid‐induced constipation in palliative care patients Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients (2011) · Cochrane | OR 6.95 [3.83, 12.61] | 2 studies · 287 participants | Moderate |
Methylnaltrexone vs placebo Rescue free laxation within 24 hours · patients with the management of opioid‐induced constipation in palliative care patients Laxatives or methylnaltrexone for the management of constipation in palliative care patients (2011) · Cochrane | OR 5.42 [3.12, 9.41] | 2 studies · 287 participants | Moderate |