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. 2010 Nov 10;2010(11):CD005197. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005197.pub3

Oguz 2006.

Methods RCT
Open
2003‐2004
Participants Number: 37 patients (65 episodes)
Age: cefepime mean 11.16 ± SD 3.64; meropenem 11.15 ± 2.57
Interventions cefepime 50 mg/kgX3
versus
meropenem 20 mg/kgX3
Outcomes All cause and infection‐related mortality (at least 7 days after discontinuation of treatment)
Notes Turkey
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Adequate sequence generation? Low risk computer generated list
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk No description
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? High risk Unit of randomization = episodes; patients to episodes ratio 0.57