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Table 2 Results of quality assessment of the methodology of the included studies.

From: Duration of fever and serious bacterial infections in children: a systematic review

Item (see Table 1)

Pulliam et al.25

Isaacman et al.22

Fernandez Lopez et al.20

Hsiao et al.21

Trautner et al.27

Pratt et al.26

Guen et al.28

1

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

2

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

3

-

-

-

+

+

-

-

4

+

-

+

-

+

+

+

5

+

-

-

-

+

+

-

6

+

+

?

+

NA

+

?

7

NA

NA

?

+

NA

NA

NA

8

NA

NA

?

?

NA

NA

?

9

-

-

+

+

+

-

-

10

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

11

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

NA

12

-

+

+

+

+

?

+

13

+

+

+

-

+

+

-

14

+

+

+

?

-

-

?

15

+

+

?

?

+

+

+

16

-

-

-

-

-

-

?

17

+

+

+

-

-

+

+

18

+

-

-

+

-

+

-

19

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

20

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

21

+

+

+

+

+

+

+

22

+

+

-

-

-

-

-

Total score (%)

74

63

52

52

67

63

45

  1. +; positive, -; negative, ?; unclear, NA; not applicable