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. 2018 Oct 12;2018(10):CD003483. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003483.pub3

Evans 1976.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 44 newborn infants, of gestation 38 to 42 weeks, delivered spontaneously or by forceps, whose mothers had been given pethidine in labour
Interventions 1. Naloxone administered via the umbilical vein at 1 minute of age (0.04 mg total): n = 20
2. No drug: n = 24
Outcomes Time to first breath, time to onset of sustained respiration, Apgar score at 5 minutes, alveolar carbon dioxide tension, alveolar ventilation, and ventilation rate at 10 minutes and 30 minutes of life
Notes NICU, Wales, mid 1970s
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Described as "randomly allocated", no further details reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Unblinded
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Unblinded
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Complete follow‐up
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol (though no reason to suspect selective reporting)
Other bias Low risk No reason to suspect any other bias