id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-259945-nmjwzk4e Bent, Stephen Antibiotics in acute bronchitis: a meta-analysis 1999-07-07 .txt text/plain 3727 202 42 Only randomized trials that enrolled otherwise healthy patients with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis, used an antibiotic in the treatment group and a placebo in the control group, and provided sufficient data to calculate an effect size were included. Only randomized trials that enrolled otherwise healthy patients with a diagnosis of acute bronchitis, used an antibiotic in the treatment group and a placebo in the control group, and provided sufficient data to calculate an effect size were included. Inclusion criteria consisted of the following: randomized trials using an antibiotic in the treatment group and a placebo in the control group; subjects with acute bronchitis, no history of chronic lung disease, and pneumonia excluded by chest radiograph or clinical exam; therapy for at least 5 days; and the presentation of sufficient data to calculate the difference in efficacy between the treatment and the placebo as a continuous variable. ./cache/cord-259945-nmjwzk4e.txt ./txt/cord-259945-nmjwzk4e.txt