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. 2012 Sep 12;2012(9):CD006616. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD006616.pub2

Steib 1998.

Methods Randomized, placebo‐controlled trial
Participants Liver transplant patients
Interventions N‐acetylcysteine 150mg/kg bolus then, 50mg/kg for 4 hrs then 100mg/kg for 16 hrs versus placebo (dextrose 5%)
Outcomes intraoperative haemodynamics and postoperative graft function
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not‐stated, only says "(patients) were allocated randomly to be administered either NAC or, ... placebo".
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method of allocation to treatment group not stated.
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Blinding of treatment: not stated.
 Blinding of assessor: not stated.
 Blinding of data analysis: not stated.
Probably not, as no indication of blinding in the manuscript.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk  
Other bias Low risk