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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.
1,080 questions in 109 reviews · Acute Respiratory Infections
current versionsNo studies 132 · 12.2%Ungraded 90 · 8.3%Very low 169 · 15.6%Low 306 · 28.3%Moderate 287 · 26.6%High 96 · 8.9%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Short‐term cure1 · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 1.31 [0.09, 19.54] | 2 studies · 155 participants | Very low |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Long‐term cure1 · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 1.01 | 2 studies · 155 participants | Very low |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Disease severity( · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 709 participants | Low |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Recurrence of ARTI · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Days off work for parents · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Homeopathic medicinal products vs placebo or usual care Adverse events · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 75 participants | Low |
Homeopathic medicinal products (individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Recurrence of ARTI · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 1.31 [0.64, 2.7] | 1 study · 199 participants | Moderate |
Homeopathic medicinal products (individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Days off work for parents · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 1.46 [0.83, 2.55] | 1 study · 199 participants | Moderate |
Homeopathic medicinal products (individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 0.79 [0.35, 1.76] | 2 studies · 369 participants | Low |
Homeopathic medicinal products (individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Adverse events · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 2.51 [0.75, 8.42] | 1 study · 199 participants | Moderate |
Homeopathic medicinal products (non‐individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Disease severity · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Homeopathic medicinal products (non‐individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Recurrence of ARTI · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | OR 0.6 [0.21, 1.72] | 3 studies · 735 participants | Low |
Homeopathic medicinal products (non‐individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Days off work for parents · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Homeopathic medicinal products (non‐individualised treatment) vs placebo or usual care Need for antibiotics · children aged up to 16 years with ARTIs Homeopathic medicinal products for preventing and treating acute respiratory tract infections in children (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Mortality · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 1.03 [0.15, 7.13] | 2 studies · 225 participants | Very low |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of hospital stay · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 32 participants | Very low |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of fever ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of total antibiotic therapy · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 32 participants | Very low |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of ICU stay ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of mechanical ventilation ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Mortality · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 0.43 [0.12, 1.5] | 3 studies · 327 participants | Very low |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Cure rate · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 1.59 [1.01, 2.51] | 2 studies · 79 participants | Very low |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Duration of hospital stay · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 333 participants | Very low |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Duration of fever · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 21 participants | Very low |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Duration of total antibiotic therapy · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 3 studies · 333 participants | Very low |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Cure rate · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 0.93 [0.56, 1.55] | 2 studies · 225 participants | Very low |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Duration of ICU stay ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) plus routine treatment vs placebo plus routine treatment Duration of mechanical ventilation ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Mortality · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 98 participants | Very low |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Cure rate ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of hospital stay · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 98 participants | Very low |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of fever · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 98 participants | Very low |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of ICU stay ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Positive expiratory pressure plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of mechanical ventilation ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Mortality · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 0.75 [0.17, 3.29] | 1 study · 286 participants | Very low |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of hospital stay · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 54 participants | Very low |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Cure rate ‐ not reported · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Duration of hospital stay ‐ not reported · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Duration of fever ‐ not reported · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Duration of ICU stay · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 286 participants | Very low |
High‐frequency chest wall oscillation plus fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage vs fibrobronchoscope alveolar lavage alone Duration of mechanical ventilation · people with severe pneumonia and receiving mechanical ventilation Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 286 participants | Very low |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of fever · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 54 participants | Very low |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of total antibiotic therapy ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of ICU stay ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Conventional chest physiotherapy plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Duration of mechanical ventilation ‐ not reported · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Mortality · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 32 participants | Very low |
Active cycle of breathing techniques plus routine treatment vs routine treatment alone Cure rate · people with pneumonia Chest physiotherapy for pneumonia in adults (2022) · Cochrane | RR 0.6 [0.29, 1.23] | 1 study · 32 participants | Very low |