Antibiotics for prolonged wet cough in children

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2018, Issue 7, 2018, Pages

  Marchant, Julie M ^a,b,c   Petsky, Helen L ^d   Morris, Peter S ^e   Chang, Anne B ^a,b,c,e  

^a Queensland University of Technology   (Australia)

^b LADY CILENTO CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CHILD; CHRONIC COUGH; CHRONIC WET COUGH; DIARRHEA; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; META ANALYSIS; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; COUGHING; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SECRETION (PROCESS); SPUTUM;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COUGH; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ERYTHROMYCIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SPUTUM;

EID: 85050738886     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD004822.pub3     Document Type: Review

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