Arguedas 1997.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | Children 6 months to 12 years old seen at an ambulatory unit in Costa Rica | |
Interventions | Azithromyzin 10 mg/kg once daily for 3 days versus clarithromycin 15 mg/kg/day twice daily for 10 days | |
Outcomes | Resolution of symptoms with or without the presence of middle ear fluid at 10 to 11 days and 28 to 32 days after study entry | |
Notes | — | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | |
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) Treatment failure at 1 month or less | High risk | |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Treatment failure at 1 month or less | Low risk | |
Other bias | Low risk | Industry funding |