Table III.

Jadad scores.

	Antibiotic treatment/Appendicectomy
Methodological qualities	Gibeily GJ (14)	Hansson J (15)	Styrud J (16)	Turhan AN (17)	Eriksson S (18)
Was the study described as randomized?	1	1	1	1	1
Was the method used to generate the sequence of randomization described and appropriate?	0	1	0	0	1
Was the study described as double-blind?	0	1	0	0	1
Was the method of double-blinding described and appropriate?	0	1	0	0	1
Was there a description of withdrawals and dropouts?	1	1	1	1	1
Total	2	5	2	2	5

Yes, 1; no, 0; unknown, 0. High-quality trials scored >2 out of a maximum possible score of 5.