Table 5.

 Summary of evidence for key outcomes

Outcome	No of participants/studies	Quality of evidence (GRADE)	Summary
			Relative effect, odds ratio (95% CI)	Study events rates (steroid/control groups (%))
Post-tonsillectomy bleeding episodes	2674/29	Very low	0.96 (0.66 to 1.40)	4.6/4.2
Admission	1722/17	Very low	1.16 (0.68 to 2.00)	4.1/3.1
Reintervention	1178/12	High	2.27 (1.03 to 4.99)	3.0/1.5