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. 2019 Jul 2;2019(7):CD011785. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD011785.pub2

Lin 2011.

Methods Randomised controlled trial in China.
Participants Inclusion criteria: sick term and preterm newborns with stress ulcer day 1 to 8 age (n = 152).
Exclusion criteria: none reported.
Interventions Intervention (n = 76): conventional therapy combined with omeprazole 0.6 mg/kg intragastric once daily for 5 days.
Control (n = 76): conventional therapy.
Both groups nil by mouth, stomach washed with bicarbonate.
Outcomes Efficacy ‒ gastric aspirate bleed and melena to 48 hours. Bleeding after 48 hours no benefit.
Notes It is unclear if there were any adverse reactions attributable to the intervention.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Reported: "randomly divided".
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Method not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No losses reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk No protocol available.
Other bias Low risk Similar baseline characteristics between groups.