Comparative efficacy of Chinese herbal injections for treating severe pneumonia: A protocol for systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Severe pneumonia (SP) has a high mortality and is responsible for significant healthcare cost. Chinese herbal injections (CHIs) have been widely used in China as a novel and promising treatment option for SP. Therefore, this study will assess and rank the effectiveness of CHIs to provide more sights for the selection of SP treatment. METHOD: Seven databases will be searched, including PubMed, the Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of …

Authors

Xiao L; Niu L; Zhang X; Liu X; Liu X; Sun C; Yang X

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 17, No. 5,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0262776

ISSN

1932-6203

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Ivan Florez

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Faculty of Health Sciences

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