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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD004082. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004082.pub5

Kapoor 2007.

Methods RCT
Single centre
Participants 30 patients
2 groups
Coronary artery bypass surgery
Interventions Postoperative
Fluids and Inotropes
FloTrac
Goals = CI, SVV
Outcomes Hospital mortality
HLOS
ICULOS
Duration of ventilation
Duration of inotropic days
Arrhythmia
Renal failure
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "The patients were divided randomly into two groups, namely control and EGDT groups, by sealed envelope technique"
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk See quote above
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not detailed
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not detailed
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing outcome data
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Report included all expected outcomes
Other bias Unclear risk Three patients excluded after allocation. There is a possibility of selection bias