OBJECTIVE: To systematically evaluate the clinical effects of Maxing Shigan Decoction (MXSGD), a compound traditional Chinese herbal medicine, combined with Western medicine on pneumonia in children. METHODS: In this study, the relative trials published from 1994 to 2008 were searched in Chongqing Weipu Database, Chinese Journal Full-text Database, Wanfang database, Chinese Biomedical Literature Database and other electronic database by using the method of Cochrane systematic review. At the same time the information from related journals, professional data and network were hand-searched. The m...