Cochrane · systematic review · CD007880

Antibiotics for preventing suppurative complications from undifferentiated acute respiratory infections in children under five years of age

Alves Galvão, MG, Rocha Crispino Santos, MA, Alves da Cunha, AJL · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2016 · Cochrane Library

Acute Respiratory Infections2 versionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
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Questions
3
current version
GRADE rated
3
No studies
0
Included studies
NR
No studies 0 · 0%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 0 · 0%Moderate 3 · 100%High 0 · 0%

Ungraded means an effect was reported without a GRADE rating; it is not a gap. No studies means the review found nothing to answer the question. The six categories are a display order, not a score.

Questions and results

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Comparison

1 question
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Otitis media
RR 0.7 [0.45, 1.11]3 studies · 414 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias

Comparison

Population: children under 5 years of age with undifferentiated ARI
2 questions
OutcomeEffectEvidenceStatus / GRADE
Pneumonia ‐ 12 to 58 months of age
RR 1.1 [0.71, 1.69]1 study · 563 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias
Pneumonia ‐ 0 to 11 months of age
RR 0.96 [0.52, 1.76]1 study · 326 participantsModerate
Downgraded: risk of bias