Background The consequences of influenza in the elderly (those age 65 years or older) are
complications, hospitalisations, and death. The primary goal of influenza vaccination in the …

Background Antibiotics provide only modest benefit in treating sore throat, although their
effectiveness increases in people with positive throat swabs for group A beta‐haemolytic …

Background: When prescribing antibiotics for common indications, clinicians need
information about both harms and benefits, information that is currently available only from …

Background Macrolide antibiotics (macrolides) are among the most commonly prescribed
antibiotics worldwide and are used for a wide range of infections. However, macrolides also …

The legalization of cannabis in many countries has allowed many Parkinson’s disease (PD)
patients to turn to cannabis as a treatment. As such there is a growing interest from the PD …

Background Acute respiratory infection is a common reason for people to present for medical
care. Advice to increase fluid intake is a frequent treatment recommendation. Attributed …

Objective To estimate the degree of scatter of reports of randomised trials and systematic
reviews, and how the scatter differs among medical specialties and subspecialties. Design …

Background The aim of this systematic review was to determine whether introduction of oral
feeding for infants and children receiving nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP…

Background Acute otitis media (AOM) is a common acute infection in children. Pain is its
most prominent and distressing symptom. Antibiotics are commonly prescribed for AOM, …

This is the protocol for a review and there is no abstract. The objectives are as follows: Our
primary objective is to quantify the incidence of any reported adverse event in patients taking …