Critical appraisal of a randomised control trial: “Three day versus five day treatment with amoxicillin for non-severe pneumonia in young children: a multicentre randomised controlled trial”
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چکیده
The trial discussed here investigates amoxicillin treatment of non-severe pneumonia in children; it also looks at relapse. Respiratory infections kill two million children annually [2]. This is a randomized control trial with intention to treat basis [3],[4],[5]. The primary outcome of this trial is treatment failure; the rate of relapse was a secondary outcome. The CASP tool was used to appraise the trial [6],[7],[8]:
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