Ploussard 1984.
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | Children 5 months to 5 years old in Alabama, US | |
Interventions | Cefaclor 40 mg/kg 3 times daily for 5 days versus amoxicillin 40 mg/kg 3 times daily for 10 days | |
Outcomes | Absence or improvement of signs and symptoms at 10 to 16 days after study entry | |
Notes | — | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (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 | |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | |
Other bias | Unclear risk | Funding not reported |