PMID- 35231746 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220426 LR - 20220426 IS - 1872-8464 (Electronic) IS - 0165-5876 (Linking) VI - 156 DP - 2022 May TI - Antibiotic adverse effects in pediatric acute rhinosinusitis: Systematic review and meta-analysis. PG - 111064 LID - S0165-5876(22)00025-8 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111064 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Pediatric acute bacterial rhinosinusitis (ABRS) is often treated with oral antibiotics, with limited insight into adverse effects (AEs) across drug classes. In this systematic review and meta-analysis, we characterize AE incidence associated with oral antibiotics in these patients. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL: We searched PubMed and Embase for English-language articles published from 1985 to September 2020 reporting AEs of oral antibiotic therapy for ABRS patients aged 0-18 years. Six-hundred and sixty-six articles underwent title and abstract screening, identifying 154 articles for full-length review. RESULTS: Eleven articles were included, most of which reported individual and aggregate AE incidences. Amoxicillin/clavulanate, amoxicillin, cephalosporin/carbacephem, and placebo groups were identified. Random-effects meta-analysis of prospective groups identified appreciable incidences of diarrhea and abdominal pain, and low incidence of rash, for amoxicillin-clavulanate and amoxicillin. All antibiotics as well as placebo were associated with non-zero overall AE incidence. Children receiving antibiotics were about twice as likely to incur any AE during treatment in placebo-controlled studies, though this association was not significant. High heterogeneity limited most point estimates, with risk of bias, typically in outcomes measurement, detected in most studies. CONCLUSIONS: Reporting of AEs associated with oral antibiotic use in pediatric ABRS is limited in current literature. Adverse effects are non-negligible, but may not significantly exceed placebo. CI - Copyright (c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Axiotakis, Lucas G Jr AU - Axiotakis LG Jr AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Szeto, Betsy AU - Szeto B AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Gonzalez, Joseph N AU - Gonzalez JN AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Caruana, Francesco F AU - Caruana FF AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Gudis, David A AU - Gudis DA AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. FAU - Overdevest, Jonathan B AU - Overdevest JB AD - Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, USA. Electronic address: j.overdevest@columbia.edu. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Meta-Analysis PT - Systematic Review DEP - 20220216 PL - Ireland TA - Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol JT - International journal of pediatric otorhinolaryngology JID - 8003603 RN - 0 (Anti-Bacterial Agents) RN - 74469-00-4 (Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination) RN - 804826J2HU (Amoxicillin) SB - IM MH - Acute Disease MH - Amoxicillin/adverse effects MH - Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination/adverse effects MH - Anti-Bacterial Agents/adverse effects MH - Child MH - Humans MH - Prospective Studies MH - *Sinusitis/drug therapy OTO - NOTNLM OT - Adverse effects OT - Anti-bacterial agents OT - Antibiotics OT - Meta-analysis OT - Pediatrics OT - Sinusitis EDAT- 2022/03/02 06:00 MHDA- 2022/04/27 06:00 CRDT- 2022/03/01 20:15 PHST- 2021/09/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/02/12 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/03/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/04/27 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2022/03/01 20:15 [entrez] AID - S0165-5876(22)00025-8 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111064 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 May;156:111064. doi: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2022.111064. Epub 2022 Feb 16.