Antimicrobial may leads to lower symptomatic UTI compared with placebo or no antibiotics (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antimicrobial changes serious adverse events compared with placebo or no antibiotics (very low certainty).
Antimicrobial showed no clear difference in minor adverse events compared with placebo or no antibiotics (low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antimicrobial changes localized UTI compared with placebo or no antibiotics (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether antimicrobial changes bacterial resistance compared with placebo or no antibiotics (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months… compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).
It is very uncertain whether grommets changes total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).
Corticosteroids (dexamethasone) may leads to higher pain ‐ absence of pain at 12 months compared with placebo (low certainty).
Corticosteroids (dexamethasone) may leads to higher number of participants with normal physical joint function ‐ normal… compared with placebo (low certainty).
Topical disinfectants showed no clear difference in peritonitis (number of patients with one or more episodes) compared with standard care or other active treatment (antibiotic or other… (low certainty).
Topical disinfectants showed no clear difference in exit‐site/tunnel infection (number of patients with one or more… compared with standard care or other active treatment (antibiotic or other… (low certainty).
Topical disinfectants showed no clear difference in catheter removal or replacement (number of patients) compared with standard care or other active treatment (antibiotic or other… (low certainty).
The review found no eligible studies for this question.
The review found no eligible studies for this question.