Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 3 to 7 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 1.33 [1.09, 1.62]
5 studies · 1043 participants
Moderate
RR 1.4 [1.08, 1.81]
4 studies · 869 participants
Low
RR 1.12 [0.87, 1.44]
1 study · 174 participants
Moderate
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids probably leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (moderate certainty).
2 findings from 1 review
Proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days 4 to 14 ‐ Co‐treatment with antibiotics · patients with acute sinusitis
Oral corticosteroids may leads to higher proportion of patients with resolution or improved symptoms at days… compared with placebo or NSAID (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Adverse events · patients with acute sinusitis
1 finding from 1 review
Short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after treatment; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids showed no clear difference in short‐term visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 ≤ 2 weeks after… compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 at end of treatment; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids showed no clear difference in final visual acuity between 20/20 and 20/40 at end of treatment;… compared with placebo or control treatment (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Time to resolution of primary hemorrhage · people with traumatic hyphema
1 finding from 1 review
Risk of secondary hemorrhage; oral corticosteroids · people with traumatic hyphema
Systemic or topical corticosteroids may leads to lower risk of secondary hemorrhage; oral corticosteroids compared with placebo or control treatment (low 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
Intervention not reported
Patients with ≥ 1 exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids Duration of trials: 6 to 16 weeks · adults and adolescents with persistent asthma
The intervention probably leads to lower patients with ≥ 1 exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Participants with ≥ 1 exacerbation requiring oral corticosteroids Duration of trials: 8 to 24 weeks · adults and adolescents with persistent asthma
The intervention showed no clear difference in participants with ≥ 1 exacerbation requiring oral corticosteroids… (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Patients with ≥ 1 exacerbation requiring oral corticosteroids Duration of trials: 8 to 13 weeks · adults and adolescents with persistent asthma
The intervention showed no clear difference in patients with ≥ 1 exacerbation requiring oral corticosteroids… (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Intervention not reported
Exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids 48 weeks · adults with asthma
The intervention showed no clear difference in exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids 48 weeks (moderate certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Exacerbations (OCS) · adults with asthma not well controlled on ICS
LAMA add‐on leads to lower exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids (OCS) compared with ICS alone (high certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing one or more episode requiring treatment with oral steroids · children with asthma
Anti‐leukotrienes & ICS may leads to lower participants with one or more exacerbations requiring oral… compared with same dose ICS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing one or more episode requiring treatment with oral steroids · children with asthma
Anti‐leukotrienes & ICS may leads to lower participants with one or more exacerbations requiring oral… compared with higher dose ICS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Number of participants experiencing one or more episode requiring treatment with oral steroids · Children and adults with persistent asthma.
Intermittent 'as needed' ICS showed no clear difference in patients with 1 or more exacerbations requiring oral corticosteroids… compared with daily ICS (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Relapse · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in relapse compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
3 findings from 1 review
RR 0.94 [0.72, 1.24]
9 studies · 804 participants
Low
RR 0.74 [0.51, 1.07]
7 studies · 742 participants
Moderate
RR 0.99 [0.74, 1.33]
5 studies · 556 participants
Low
Adverse events · patients with acute asthma
Intramuscular corticosteroids showed no clear difference in adverse events compared with oral corticosteroids (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
Health outcomes Peak expiratory flow readings (higher readings indicate better peak flow) · patients with acute asthma
1 finding from 1 review