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. 2019 Jan 18;2019(1):CD011825. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011825.pub2

Pinto 2012.

Methods Design: randomised, placebo‐controlled, parallel‐group trial
Participants Number assigned: 185 children (macrolide n = 88, placebo n = 97)
Age in months (mean ± SD): macrolide: 3.08 ± 2.23, placebo: 3.12 ± 2.29
Setting: secondary care
Interventions Indication: acute bronchiolitis
Type of macrolide: azithromycin
Route: per oral
Dose per day: 10 mg/kg
Duration of treatment: 7 days
Total treatment dose: 394 mg (current weight in macrolide group used)
Outcomes Adverse events stated as an outcome in trial registration/protocol/paper: no
Adverse events ascertainment: unclear
Adverse events: not reported
Antimicrobial resistance: not reported
Death: not reported
Funding sources Supported by Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul
Notes Concomitant medication: yes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Sequence generation not described.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Allocation not described.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unclear if placebo was identical appearing
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No relevant outcomes reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk 1 participant in placebo group lost to follow‐up.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) High risk Adverse events not stated as an outcome, unclear ascertainment, and no reporting of adverse events.
Other bias Low risk None were identified.