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22 questions · 22 findings · 9 reviews · Acute Respiratory Infections

No studies found 3 · 13.6%GRADE not reported 1 · 4.5%Very low 1 · 4.5%Low 5 · 22.7%Moderate 10 · 45.5%High 2 · 9.1%

Antibiotics (short duration) vs prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used

All‐cause mortality · hospital‐acquired pneumonia

Should short‐course antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in mortality compared with prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics (short duration) vs prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used

Mortality MRSA · hospital‐acquired pneumonia

Should short‐course antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in mortality MRSA compared with prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Antibiotics (short duration) vs prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used

Mortality NF‐GNB · hospital‐acquired pneumonia

Should short‐course antibiotic therapy showed no clear difference in mortality NF‐GNB compared with prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy be used (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Meningitis‐related mortality · patients with a recent BSF independent of the presence or severity of CSF leakage

The intervention showed no clear difference in meningitis‐related mortality (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Intervention not reported

Mortality in children with HIV infection ‐ isoniazid prophylaxis only · children with HIV infection aged 12 years and under

The intervention showed no clear difference in mortality in children with HIV infection ‐ isoniazid prophylaxis only (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Topical prophylaxis vs no topical prophylaxis

Overall mortality ‐ topical prophylaxis versus placebo or no treatment · adults receiving mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours

Topical prophylaxis showed no clear difference in overall mortality ‐ topical prophylaxis versus placebo or no treatment compared with no topical prophylaxis (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review