Cochrane · systematic review · CD003048
Probiotics for treating acute infectious diarrhoea
Collinson, S, Deans, A, Padua-Zamora, A, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2020 · Cochrane Library
Infectious DiseasesAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
2
current version
GRADE rated
2
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 1 · 50%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 1 · 50%High 0 · 0%
Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.
Questions and results
Summary of findings table 1
Population: children and adults with acute infectious diarrhoea
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Diarrhoea lasting ≥ 48 hours | RR 1 [0.91, 1.09] | 2 studies · 1770 participants | Moderate Downgraded: inconsistency, indirectness |
Mean duration of diarrhoea (hours) | no estimate extracted | 6 studies · 3058 participants | Very low Downgraded: imprecision, inconsistency, indirectness |