Kwon 2008.
| Methods | RCT Open 2004‐2005 |
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| Participants | Number: 116 patients Age: panipenem mean 51.4 +/‐ SD 13.2, cefepime 52.8+/‐13 |
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| Interventions | Panipenem/betamipron 0.5/0.5 gX3 versus Cefepime 2grX2 |
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| Outcomes | Overall and infection‐related mortality Clinical and microbiological failure, fever duration Adverse events |
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| Notes | Korea | |
| Risk of bias | ||
| Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
| Adequate sequence generation? | Low risk | Computer generated sequence |
| Allocation concealment? | Low risk | On the hospital's web‐site (after informed consent was obtained) |
| Blinding? All outcomes | High risk | Blinding not used |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed? All‐cause mortality | Low risk | |
| Incomplete outcome data addressed? Treatment failure | Low risk | |
| Free of other bias? | Low risk | |