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Evid Based Med 9:150 doi:10.1136/ebm.9.5.150
  • Therapeutics

Review: artesunate added to standard drug treatment reduces treatment failure in malaria

3 days of artesunate plus background drugs v background drugs alone for malaria*

Outcomes Number of trials (number of patients) RRR (CI) NNT (CI)
*Abbreviations defined in glossary; RRR, NNT, and CI calculated from odds ratios in article.
14 day treatment failure 15 (4504) 73% (67 to 77) 5 (4 to 5)
28 day treatment failure 14 (4332) 53% (48 to 58) 4 (4 to 5)

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