Papers/PMID:21975768
Zinc supplementation as an adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of pneumonia in children 2 to 59 months of age.
The Cochrane database of systematic reviews2011The record
1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null
What it reported
How to read these marksEvery finding here is a null result.
What did not
1 finding
Zn(2+) — no detected effect on hospital length of stay
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.FindingNull resultreplicated ×1“Zinc supplementation in children with severe pneumonia also showed a non-significant effect on the duration of hospitalization stay as compared to the control (RR 1.04; 95% CI 0.89 to 1.22).”
Quoted verbatim from Zinc supplementation as an adjunct to antibiotics in the treatment of pneumonia in children 2 to 59 months of age.. - Study
- meta-analysis
- Population
- Children aged 2 to 59 months with severe pneumonia, zinc as an adjunct to standard antibiotic therapy given in both arms
Effect 1.04 risk ratio, 95% CI 0.89 to 1.22
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