Gram Negative Bacilli Pneumonia

Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:

Osteopathy [1, 2]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. 

Recommendation: Weakly in favor (Studies show that osteopathy may be beneficial to those with pneumonia. More studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low quality of evidence

Zinc [3, 4, 5]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. 

Recommendation: No recommendation (Studies on the efficacy of zinc for treating pneumonia have yielded mixed conclusions. More studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low quality of evidence

Vitamin C [6, 7]:

Please note, this management does NOT treat the condition itself. It is proposed only as a weak supportive symptomatic support, and even then, has insufficient evidence to back up this claim at present. 

Recommendation: No recommendation (Studies on the effects of vitamin C on pneumonia have yielded mixed conclusions. More studies are needed)

Grade of Evidence: Low quality of evidence

* www.gradeworkinggroup.org

Summary References

Treatments:

1. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18806080

2. http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2093709

3. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17921398

4. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/83/5/1089.abstract

5. http://ajcn.nutrition.org/content/85/1/242.full

6. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23925826

7. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2099400/

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