Literature review for - Flourish Paediatrics

egarding aspiration
technique
Effect on risk
Clinical
importance
Clinical
relevance
Generalisability
Applicability
Negative (however small
sample size)
Incidence of breast abscess
comparable to Australian
study (Amir 2004)
Increasing bacterial counts did
not affect the clinical
manifestation of mastitis thus
bacterial counts in breastmilk
may be of limited
value in the decision to treat
with antibiotics.
More research required
4 4 1 1
1 2 1 1
Y prevalence rates, N
efficacy of acupuncture
treatment on abscess
formation
Y prevalence rates, N
efficacy of acupuncture
treatment on abscess
formation
Y Conducted in Sweden Y Y
Y Y Y
Antibiotics not necessary
if abscess cavity is opened
and cleared widely.
References used for the body of evidence tables: (Evans and Heads 1995; Vogel, Hutchison et al. 1999; Amir, Forster et al. 2004; Kvist and
Rydhstroem 2005; Kvist, Hall-Lord et al. 2007; Kvist, Larsson et al. 2008; Jahanfar, Ng et al. 2009; Abou-Dakn, Richardt et al. 2010)
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