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 |
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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 |