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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

28 questions · 34 findings · 5 reviews · Gut

No studies found 1 · 2.9%GRADE not reported 0 · 0%Very low 15 · 44.1%Low 10 · 29.4%Moderate 7 · 20.6%High 1 · 2.9%

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Histological improvement (dichotomous) · inactive EoE patients

Corticosteroids probably leads to higher histological improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Withdrawals due to adverse events · inactive EoE patients

Corticosteroids may leads to lower withdrawals due to adverse events 12 to 50 weeks compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Histological improvement (dichotomous) · active EoE patients

Corticosteroids leads to higher histological improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Endoscopic improvement (dichotomous) · active EoE patients

Corticosteroids showed no clear difference in endoscopic improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Withdrawals due to adverse events · active EoE patients

Corticosteroids may leads to lower withdrawals due to adverse events (2 to 12 weeks) compared with placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs placebo

Clinical improvement (dichotomous) · inactive EoE patients

It is very uncertain whether corticosteroids changes clinical improvement (dichotomous) compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs control

Infectious complications · people with inflammatory bowel disease

It is very uncertain whether risk of postoperative infectious complications: corticosteroids changes overall infectious complications within 30 days of surgery compared with control (very low certainty).

3 findings from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs control

Incisional infections and wound dehiscence within 30 days of surgery · people with inflammatory bowel disease

It is very uncertain whether risk of postoperative infectious complications: corticosteroids changes incisional infections and wound dehiscence within 30 days of surgery compared with control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs control

Intra‐abdominal infectious complications within 30 days of surgery · people with inflammatory bowel disease

It is very uncertain whether risk of postoperative infectious complications: corticosteroids changes intra‐abdominal infectious complications within 30 days of surgery compared with control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Corticosteroids vs control

Extra‐abdominal infections within 30 days of surgery · people with inflammatory bowel disease

It is very uncertain whether risk of postoperative infectious complications: corticosteroids changes extra‐abdominal infections within 30 days of surgery compared with control (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review