Prospective study of the efficacy of antibiotics versus antitussive drugs for the management of URTI-related acute cough in children

Table 4 Outcome differences between group of treatment in children with severe cough: χ² test results

Treatments	Resolution of cough
Antibiotics vs antitussives	χ² = 3.738 (p = 0.0532, NS)
Antibiotics vs peripheral antitussives	χ² = 8.928 (p < 0.01)
Antibiotics vs central antitussives	χ² = 0.000 (p = NS)
Antibiotics + antitussives vs antitussives	χ² = 0.218 (p = NS)
Antibiotics + peripheral antituss. vs peripheral antitussives	χ² = 0.000 (p = NS)
Antibiotics + central antitussives vs central antitussives	χ² = 0.713 (p = NS)

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