Asthma relapse1at 16 to 21 days · patients with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS showed no clear difference in asthma relapse1at 16 to 21 days compared with oral corticosteroid (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hospital admissions · patients with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS showed no clear difference in hospital admission compared with oral corticosteroid (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hoarseness at 16 to 21 days · patients with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS showed no clear difference in hoarseness at 16 to 21 days compared with oral corticosteroid (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Asthma relapse1at 20 to 24 days · predominantly adults with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS plus oral corticosteroid showed no clear difference in asthma relapse1at 20 to 24 days compared with oral corticosteroid (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hospital admissions · predominantly adults with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS plus oral corticosteroid showed no clear difference in hospital admission compared with oral corticosteroid (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Hoarseness at 20 to 24 days · predominantly adults with acute asthma following emergency department discharge
Any ICS plus oral corticosteroid showed no clear difference in hoarseness at 20 to 24 days compared with oral corticosteroid (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Any COPD exacerbation that requires short‐burst oral corticosteroids or antibiotics, or both · patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
It is very uncertain whether once‐daily ICS/LABA combined inhalers changes any COPD exacerbation that requires short‐burst oral corticosteroids… compared with once‐daily LAMA (very low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Withdrawals due to any reason · patients with chronic asthma
LABA + ICS probably leads to lower withdrawals for any reason compared with LTRA + ICS (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Any adverse event WMD of · Adults (aged 40 or over) with COPD presenting with 1 or more exacerbations in the previous year. The 2 larger studies (Albert 2011; Sethi…
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in any adverse event WMD of compared with placebo (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events (timing not specified) · exacerbations of COPD
Antibiotics showed no clear difference in adverse events ‐ overall (any adverse events not specified) compared with placebo overall (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Any adverse events 24 weeks · adults with asthma not well controlled on ICS
LAMA add‐on showed no clear difference in any adverse events 24 weeks compared with ICS alone (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Unscheduled visits 1 or more hospitalisations for any cause WMD of · children with asthma
School‐based ICS therapy showed no clear difference in unscheduled visits 1 or more hospitalisations for any cause WMD of compared with home therapy (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Any adverse events 49 weeks · adults with asthma
The intervention leads to lower any adverse events 49 weeks (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review