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3 questions · 3 findings · 1 reviews · Acute Respiratory Infections

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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

Short‐course versus prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy for hospital‐acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 1.18 [0.77, 1.8]
3 studies · 598 participants
Moderate

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

Short‐course versus prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy for hospital‐acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 1.28 [0.32, 5.09]
1 study · 42 participants
Moderate

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

Short‐course versus prolonged‐course antibiotic therapy for hospital‐acquired pneumonia in critically ill adults 2015 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
OR 0.95 [0.39, 2.27]
2 studies · 179 participants
Low