Cochrane · systematic review · CD009119
Chest radiographs for acute lower respiratory tract infections
Cao, AMY, Choy, JP, Mohanakrishnan, LN, et al. · Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews · 2013 · Cochrane Library
Acute Respiratory InfectionsAMSTAR 2: not assessed
SoF tableOnly the outcomes this review put in its Summary of Findings table are listed (the Cochrane Handbook caps them at about seven per comparison). Its other analyses are not shown here.
Questions
5
current version
GRADE rated
1
No studies
4
Included studies
NR
No studies 4 · 80%Ungraded 0 · 0%Very low 0 · 0%Low 1 · 20%Moderate 0 · 0%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
Comparison
Population: adults and children with clinical signs and symptoms of acute lower respiratory tract infection
| Outcome | Effect | Evidence | Status / GRADE |
|---|---|---|---|
Mortality | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Time to resolution of clinical signs and symptoms [days] | no estimate extracted | 1 study · 1502 participants | Low Downgraded: risk of bias, imprecision, inconsistency, publication bias |
Hospitalisation rates | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Complications of infection | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |
Adverse effects from chest radiographs | no estimate extracted | NR | No studies |