Infectious complications · adults diagnosed with coronary artery disease or cardiac valve disease, and candidates for cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass
Prophylactic corticosteroids may leads to lower infectious complications (as defined by study authors, including… compared with placebo or no corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to first exacerbation requiring intravenous antibiotics · adults and children with cystic fibrosis
1 finding from 1 review
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions
It is very uncertain whether NSAIDs changes delayed antibiotic prescriptions compared with paracetamol (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Delayed antibiotic prescriptions
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Resolution or reduction in severity of any other dental complication: systemic infections (measured by number of episodes after treatment for dental complications under antibiotic prophylaxis) · people with thalassaemia (any age)
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
IV antibiotics: number of days on IV antibiotics · adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis
Digital technology showed no clear difference in IV antibiotics: number of days on IV antibiotics compared with usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs
Homeopathic medicinal products (individualised treatment) showed no clear difference in need for antibiotics compared with placebo or usual care (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia
1 finding from 1 review
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs · children, adults, and the elderly
Intention‐to‐treat analysis: probiotics probably leads to lower number of participants who used prescribed antibiotics for acute URTIs compared with placebo or no treatment (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Antibiotic prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people · people with suspected malaria
Malaria rapid diagnostic test (mRDT) probably leads to higher antibiotic prescribing to microscopy‐ or PCR‐negative people compared with clinical diagnosis (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
RR 2.02 [1.21, 3.37]
5179 participants
Moderate
Need for extra antibiotics (days) · children and young adults with CF
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Need for extra antibiotics (days) · adults and children with cystic fibrosis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found
Need for extra antibiotics (days) · adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
1 finding from 1 review
no estimate extracted
Studies not reported
No studies found