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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

285 questions · 301 findings · 29 reviews

No studies found 51 · 16.9%GRADE not reported 20 · 6.6%Very low 91 · 30.2%Low 80 · 26.6%Moderate 50 · 16.6%High 9 · 3%

Topical steroid vs artificial tears

Proportion of eyes in which SEI had developed within 21 days of treatment (lower is favored) · epidemic keratoconjunctivitis

It is very uncertain whether topical steroid changes proportion of participants in whose eyes SEI had developed within 21… compared with artificial tears (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical antibiotics with steroids vs topical steroid

Global outcome (good or excellent improvement in symptoms or signs, or both) · people with eczema

Topical steroid plus topical antibiotic showed no clear difference in global outcome (good or excellent improvement in symptoms or signs,… compared with topical steroid (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical antibiotics with steroids vs topical steroid

Minor adverse events not leading to withdrawal of treatment · people with eczema

It is very uncertain whether topical steroid plus topical antibiotic changes minor adverse events not requiring withdrawal from treatment compared with topical steroid (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical corticosteroids vs Another topical agent or placebo

Adverse effects of long‐term use of available topical agents · HIV‐infected adults (> 13 years of age, per CDC) with one or more painful intraoral aphthous ulcers

The review found no eligible studies for this question.

1 finding from 1 review
  • No studies were included in this review. A total of 233 abstracts were retrieved; 25 were selected as potentially eligible but all were excluded (10 reported systemic rather than topical treatment; 3 non‐RCTs; 6…
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