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🔥Conclusions 🔥 With moderate to low certainty, the evidence supports use of cranberry juice for the prevention of #UTI:s and should be considered for the management of UTIs @EurUrolFocus full text at authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24… 5/5 #EBM

🔥RESULTS 🔥 1⃣ 54% lower rate of UTIs with cranberry juice than no treatment (very low certainty) & 27% lower rate than placebo liquid (moderate certainty) 2⃣ Cranberry juice also 49% lower rate of antibiotic use than placebo liquid & 59% lower rate than no treatment 4/X #EBM

New systematic review 1⃣ PubMed, Embase & Cochrane CENTRAL search 2⃣ Number of UTIs as primary outcome 2⃣ UTI symptoms & antimicrobial consumption as secondary outcomes 4⃣ GRADE methodology for evidence certainty 18 RCTs & 2 non-RCTs (with >3000 people) included 3/X #EBM

Before going to the methods and results of the brand new systematic review and network meta-analysis, what do the #EAUguidelines say? They conclude: "Current scientific evidence regarding the efficacy of #cranberry products in the prevention of UTIs is inconclusive." 2/X #EBM

🔥 HOT OFF THE PRESS! 🔥 Is recommending #cranberry compounds and/or liquids effective in the management of urinary tract infections #UTI:s? Network meta-analysis available at European Urology Focus: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S24… 1/X #EBM

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