Does 3-day course of oral amoxycillin benefit children of non-severe pneumonia with wheeze: a multicentric randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

WHO-defined pneumonias, treated with antibiotics, are responsible for a significant proportion of childhood morbidity and mortality in the developing countries. Since substantial proportion pneumonias have a viral etiology, where children are more likely to present with wheeze, there is a concern that currently antibiotics are being over-prescribed for it. Hence the current trial was conducted with the objective to show the therapeutic equivalence of two treatments (placebo and amoxycillin) for children presenting with non-severe pneumonia with wheeze, who have persistent fast breathing after nebulisation with salbutamol, and have normal chest radiograph.

Methodology

This multi-centric, randomised placebo controlled double blind clinical trial intended to investig

SUBMITTER: Awasthi S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2292255 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature