Over-the-counter (OTC) medications to reduce cough as an adjunct to antibiotics for acute pneumonia in children and adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2014, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Chang, Christina C ^a   Cheng, Allen C ^a   Chang, Anne B ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMBROXOL; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; BROMHEXINE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT; NELTENEXINE; NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG; PLACEBO; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; EXPECTORANT AGENT;

ADD ON THERAPY; ADULT; ADVERSE EVENT; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CHILD; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG RESPONSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ACUTE DISEASE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; DRUG COMBINATION; METHODOLOGY; PNEUMONIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; COUGH; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EXPECTORANTS; HUMANS; NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PNEUMONIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84907400761     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD006088.pub4     Document Type: Review

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