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. 2014 Jan 28;2014(1):CD009633. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009633.pub2

Georgiou 1999.

Methods Controlled trial
Participants Sixty (60) children, aged 6‐12 years, undergoing minor surgical procedures. No information in abstract as to how these were divided
Interventions Experimental group: clonidine 4 μg/kg orally, plus atropine
 Control group: atropine only
Outcomes Pain by Visual Analogue Scale at 1, 3 and 6 hours postoperatively
Need for analgesia
Notes Abstract does not report pain scores; only reports numbers of children needing analgesia at 1, 3 and 6 hours
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk No information available
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No information available
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information available
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No information available
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No information available
Other bias Unclear risk No information available