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176 questions · 176 findings · 20 reviews

No studies found 21 · 11.9%GRADE not reported 7 · 4%Very low 17 · 9.7%Low 36 · 20.5%Moderate 68 · 38.6%High 27 · 15.3%

IV + inhaled beta agonist vs inhaled beta‐agonist

Clinical Failure (children with a severe to moderate overall clinical assessment score at two hours) · patients with acute asthma

IV + inhaled beta agonist probably leads to lower clinical Failure (children with a severe to moderate overall… compared with inhaled beta‐agonist (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Anticholinergic and short‐acting beta2‐agonists vs B2‐agonists alone

Hospital admissions · children with initial treatment of acute asthma

Anticholinergic and short‐acting beta2‐agonists leads to lower primary outcome: hospital admissions hospital admissions compared with beta2‐agonists alone (all protocols) (high certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination of anticholinergics + beta2‐agonists vs B2‐agonists alone

Asthma clinical scores · children hospitalised with an acute asthma exacerbation

Combination of anticholinergics + beta2‐agonists showed no clear difference in asthma clinical scores compared with beta2‐agonists alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination of anticholinergics + beta2‐agonists vs B2‐agonists alone

Overall withdrawals · children hospitalised with an acute asthma exacerbation

Combination of anticholinergics + beta2‐agonists showed no clear difference in overall withdrawals compared with beta2‐agonists alone (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review