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. 2019 Mar 1;2019(3):CD006715. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006715.pub3

Lyons 1998.

Methods Parallel RCT
Ethics committee: not reported
Informed consents: not reported
Site: Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK
Setting: university hospital
Dates of data collection: unspecified
Funding: unspecified
Registration: unspecified
Participants 20 participants; mean age: not reported; sex distribution: not reported
Inclusion criteria
  1. NYHA II or Ill participants with LVEF > 50% undergoing CABG


Exclusion criteria
  1. Not reported

Interventions Intervention
  1. Epidural analgesia (N = 10)


Comparator
  1. Systemic analgesia (N = 10)


Induction and maintenance: propofol and isoflurane plus fentanyl or epidural
Surgery: CABG with CPB
Outcomes Relevant to this review
  1. Risk of myocardial infarction


Other
  1. Haemodynamic parameters

Notes Correspondence: letter sent 16 March 2018; no reply
Conflict of interest: not reported
DOI: n/a
Conference abstract; limited information
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote. "randomized"; no details provided
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No loss to follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All results reported
Other bias Unclear risk Conference abstract; limited information