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. 2017 May 19;2017(5):CD011598. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011598.pub2

Hill 2002.

Methods Randomised clinical trial, USA
Participants 46 hospitalised multitrauma adults having an injury severity score (ISS) > 20, at nutritional risk due to being being multitrauma patient.
Male:Female = unclear
Mean age = 41 years
Exclusion criteria: Not described
Interventions Experimental group: Enteral nutrition within 24 hours of injury(n = 22)
 Control group: Enteral nutrition started at day 5 post‐injury(n = 24)
Outcomes Mortality, IL6, CRP, pneumonia
Study dates Not stated
Notes There was an additional group which did not fit our inclusion criteria.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol could be obtained, and the trial did not report on serious adverse events (only pneumonia).
For‐profit bias Unclear risk It was unclear how the trial was funded.
Other bias Low risk The trial appeared to be free of other components that could put it at risk of bias.