| Methods |
Trial conduced Sao Paulo, Brazil, March‐June 1988. |
| Participants |
15 women with intrauterine fetal death. |
| Interventions |
Women were randomised to 1) oral misoprostol (400 mcg at 4‐hourly intervals); 2) oral misoprostol (200 mcg at 4‐hourly intervals); or 3) vaginal misoprostol (200 mcg single dose). |
| Outcomes |
Onset to time of first contraction; time to attain peak uterine activity; no other outcomes reported. |
| Notes |
Method of randomisation: stated to be "randomly allocated".
Allocation concealment: not stated.
Blinding of participants, caregivers or outcome assessors: not stated. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Stated to be "randomly allocated". |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Not stated. |
| Blinding (performance bias and detection bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Not stated. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes |
Low risk |
|
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Low risk |
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| Other bias |
Low risk |
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