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. 2006 Jul 19;2006(3):CD002253. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD002253.pub3

Eng 1997*

Methods Randomised by "blindly picking a sealed number from a box". Treatment allocation was then based on whether the number was odd or even.
Participants 50 women with intrauterine fetal death at 13‐26 weeks of pregnancy.
Interventions Vaginal misoprostol 200 mcg 3‐hourly up to a maximum dose of 1200 mcg (n = 25) versus vaginal gemeprost 1 mg 3‐hourly up to a maximum dose of 5 mg (n = 25).
Outcomes Main outcome ‐ "treatment failure" defined as failure to miscarry within 24 hours, or side‐effects severe enough to preclude use of additional dose of drug.
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk C ‐ Inadequate