A pooled analysis of seven randomized crossover studies of the palatability of cefdinir oral suspension versus amoxicillin/clavulanate potassium, cefprozil, azithromycin, and amoxicillin in children aged 4 to 8 years

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1950-1960

  Holas, Cynthia ^a   Chiu, Yi Lin ^a   Notario, Gerard ^a   Kapral, Dolores ^a  

^a ABBOTT LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoxicillin; Amoxicillin clavulanate potassium; Antibiotic suspension; Azithromycin; Cefdinir; Cefprozil; Cephalosporin; Children; Palatability; Pediatrics; Taste

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFDINIR; CEFPROZIL;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ARTICLE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FORMULATION; DYSPEPSIA; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; LOOSE FECES; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ODOR; PALATABILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STOMACH DISCOMFORT; STOMACH PAIN; TASTE ACUITY; TASTE DISCRIMINATION; TASTE PREFERENCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; SMELL; SUSPENSIONS; TASTE;

EID: 33644535129     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2005.11.017     Document Type: Article

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