| Risk of Bias |
Author’s Judgment
Low Risk
Unclear
High Risk
|
Support for Judgment |
| Selection bias |
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| Bias in definition and measurement |
|
Sepsis defined by SIRS criteria |
| Outcome measurement bias |
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| Handling of missing data |
|
10% missing data |
| Confounding |
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| Bias of statistics or presentation of result |
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Low Risk
Unclear
High Risk