SynthesisThe Cochrane database of systematic reviews2001
Oral steroids for bronchiectasis (stable and acute exacerbations).
Synthesis in The Cochrane database of systematic reviews, 2001. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
18 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.
- Management of Adult Bronchiectasis: Consensus-Based Guidelines of the German Respiratory Society.Respiration; international review of thoracic diseases · 2026Guideline
- Interventions for bronchiectasis: an overview of Cochrane systematic reviews.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Bronchiectasis.BMJ clinical evidence · 2011Pooled it
- Bronchiectasis.BMJ clinical evidence · 2008Pooled it
- Natural killer cells in the lung: novel insight and future challenge in the airway diseases.ERJ open research · 2025Review
- Review
- Inhaled Corticosteroid Therapy in Bronchiectasis is Associated with All-Cause Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease · 2021Article
- Oxygen desaturation during the 6-min walk test as a risk for osteoporosis in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2019Article
- The Likelihood of Preventing Respiratory Exacerbations in Children and Adolescents with either Chronic Suppurative Lung Disease or Bronchiectasis.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2017Review
- Longitudinal medical records as a complement to routine drug safety signal analysis.Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety · 2015Article
- Could vitamin d have a potential anti-inflammatory and anti-infective role in bronchiectasis?Current infectious disease reports · 2013Article
- An integrative review of systematic reviews related to the management of breathlessness in respiratory illnesses.BMC pulmonary medicine · 2010Review
- Pulmonary diseases and corticosteroids.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2008Article
- Treatment of bronchiectasis in adults.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2007Review
- Lower respiratory infections and potential complications in athletes.Current sports medicine reports · 2006Review
- Shoring up professionalism. Building on disagreements between residents and attending physicians.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2006Article
- Severe bronchiectasis.Clinical reviews in allergy & immunology · 2003Review
- The Saudi Thoracic Society guidelines for diagnosis and management of noncystic fibrosis bronchiectasis.Annals of thoracic medicineArticle
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundInflammation plays a significant role in the pathophysiology of bronchiectasis. Two small studies have shown small benefits from inhaled corticosteroids and oral corticosteroids may be of benefit in bronchiectasis
objectivesTo determine the efficacy of oral corticosteroids in acute and stable bronchiectasis SEARCH STRATEGY: The Cochrane Airways Group clinical trials register, derived from MEDLINE, EMBASE and hand searching of major journals, was searched using the terms bronchiectasis AND corticosteroid* OR (beclomethasone, cortisone, deflazacort, hydrocortisone, methylprednisolone, prednisolone, dexamethasone and triamcinolone SELECTION CRITERIA: Only randomised controlled trials were considered DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS: No trials met the inclusion criteria for the review MAIN
resultsNo randomised controlled trials were identified REVIEWER'S
conclusionsThere are no randomised trials upon which to make recommendations about the use of oral corticosteroids in acute or stable bronchiectasis.
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