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. 2017 Feb 9;2017(2):CD003543. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003543.pub4

4. Unintended consequences of ITS studies: other.

Study Prescribing target Design of analysis Effect measure Effect estimate 95% CI
Bell 2014 Antibiotic choice ITS, segmented regression Risk of postoperative acute kidney injury Increase 98% 93.8% to 94.2%
Van Kasteren 2005 Exposure, duration Cohort Surgical‐site infection Decrease 0.8% ‐2.2% to 0.6%
Volpe 2012 Time to first antibiotic dose Cohort Left without being seen rate Decrease 0.4% No data

CI: confidence interval
 ITS: interrupted time series