Kochar 1997.

Methods	Block randomization based on days of admission Inadequate concealment of allocation, no blinding Losses to follow up/post‐randomization exclusion not stated
Participants	Age: 14 to 74 years Intervention group: 102 Control group: 83 Inclusion criteria: Plasmodium falciparum in peripheral blood smear; coma for at least half an hour (Glasgow coma score ≥ 6); no generalized seizure in previous 2 hours; exclusion of other causes of fever with altered consciousness Exclusion criteria: diabetes; space‐occupying lesion; psychiatric illness; alcoholism; head injury; chronic renal failure
Interventions	Intervention: injection phenobarbitone 10 mg/kg body weight (not more than 400 mg) Control: nothing given
Outcomes	1. Death 2. Seizure
Notes	Study location: malaria epidemics in Bikaner, Rajastan, India