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What do systematic reviews say?

2 questions · 2 findings · 1 reviews · ENT · Headline outcomes only

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Grommets vs antibiotic prophylaxis

Proportion of patients who have no AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation

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).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 1.68 [1.07, 2.65]
2 studies · 96 participants
Very low

Grommets vs antibiotic prophylaxis

Total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation

It is very uncertain whether grommets changes total number of AOM recurrences at 6 months post‐randomisation compared with antibiotic prophylaxis (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Grommets (ventilation tubes) for recurrent acute otitis media in children 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted
1 study · 43 participants
Very low