Gooch 1996.

Methods	Randomised controlled, double‐blind trial
Participants	US multicentre trial of children 3 months to 12 years old
Interventions	Cefuroxime 30 mg/kg/day twice daily for 5 days + placebo twice daily for 5 days versus cefuroxime 30 mg/kg/day twice daily for 10 days
Outcomes	Absence or improvement of signs and symptoms at 14 to 18 days after study entry
Notes	—
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Treatment failure at 1 month or less	High risk
Selective reporting (reporting bias)	Low risk
Other bias	Low risk	Industry funding