Cochrane · systematic review · CD004783
Antibiotics for acute laryngitis in adults
Reveiz, L, Cardona, AF · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2015 · Cochrane Library
Acute Respiratory InfectionsAMSTAR 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
6
current version
GRADE rated
6
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 2 · 33.3%Low 4 · 66.7%Moderate 0 · 0%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
Comparison
Population: adults with acute laryngitis
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Clinical cure rates at day 8 ± 1 | RR 1.07 [0.88, 1.31] | 1 study · 93 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Comparison
Population: adults with acute laryngitis
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Clinical cure rates at day 8 ± 1 | RR 1.09 [0.9, 1.32] | 1 study · 97 participants | Very low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Comparison
Population: adults with acute laryngitis
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Laryngitis at 1 week | RR 1.1 [0.76, 1.59] | 1 study · 99 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Laryngitis at 2 weeks | RR 0.81 [0.44, 1.49] | 1 study · 99 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Patients having voice disturbance at 1 week | RR 0.87 [0.59, 1.28] | 1 study · 99 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |
Patients having voice disturbance at 2 weeks | RR 0.56 [0.28, 1.14] | 1 study · 99 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision |