Uygun 2009.
Methods | Quasi‐randomized trial Open 2005‐2006 |
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Participants | Number: 69 patients (127 episodes) Age: median 4.2 range (0.3‐18) |
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Interventions | piperacillin‐tazobactam 80+10mg/kgX4 vs cefepime 50mg/kgX3 |
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Outcomes | All‐cause and infection‐related mortality (at end of hospital stay) Clinical and microbiological failure, fever duration and hospital stay Drug modifications Adverse events |
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Notes | Turkey | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Adequate sequence generation? | High risk | Alternation |
Allocation concealment? | High risk | |
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 0.54 |