Sabin 1998.
Methods | Randomised clinical trial, Germany | |
Participants | 80 hospitalised adults admitted for PEG placement, at nutritional risk due to being in an ICU | |
Interventions | Experimental group: Enteral nutrition 3 hrs after PEG placement for 1 day(n = 40) Control group: i.v. fluids for 2 days(n = 40) Co‐interventions: Normal enteral nutrition from 2nd day |
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Outcomes | RV, complications, mortality, pneumoperitoneum | |
Study dates | Not stated | |
Notes | We contacted the authors on 13th December 2015 by email: med2.keymling@klinikum‐meiningen.de. We received no reply. | |
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 | The number of participants with incomplete data was not reported. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | The trial reported serious adverse events and mortality. |
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. |