| Methods |
Trial conducted in Iran. |
| Participants |
100 women undergoing second trimester termination of pregnancy following intrauterine fetal death. |
| Interventions |
Women randomised to vaginal misoprostol (400 mcg at 12‐hourly intervals) or vaginal misoprostol (600 mcg at 12‐hourly intervals). |
| Outcomes |
Outcomes presented only as %; no denominators presented. |
| Notes |
Method of randomisation: "patients were randomised".
Allocation concealment: not stated.
Blinding of participants, caregivers and outcome assessors: not stated. |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Unclear risk |
Stated that "patients were randomised". |
| 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 |
Unclear risk |
Unable to assess. |
| Selective reporting (reporting bias) |
Unclear risk |
Unable to assess. |
| Other bias |
Unclear risk |
Unable to assess. |
