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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. Words match anywhere in the field.
806 questions in 76 reviews · ENT
current versionsNo studies 293 · 36.4%Ungraded 6 · 0.7%Very low 244 · 30.3%Low 170 · 21.1%Moderate 85 · 10.5%High 8 · 1%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Corticosteroids vs placebo Dizziness Handicap Inventory score · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Caloric extent of recovery (improvement as a % in lateralisation of electronystagmography on caloric testing) · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 30 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Caloric extent of recovery (improvement as a % in lateralisation of electronystagmography on caloric testing) · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 2 studies · 89 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Complete caloric recovery · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | RR 2.81 [1.32, 6] | 2 studies · 50 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Complete caloric recovery · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | RR 1.58 [0.45, 5.62] | 2 studies · 89 participants | Low |
Corticosteroids vs placebo Adverse effects · Patients with idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) Corticosteroids for the treatment of idiopathic acute vestibular dysfunction (vestibular neuritis) (2011) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 73 participants | Moderate |