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

Deng 2005.

Methods Randomised controlled trial in China.
Participants Inclusion criteria: newborns with upper gastrointestinal haemorrhage day 3 to 28 (n = 66).
Exclusion criteria: none reported.
Average age 7 to 8 days.
Interventions Intervention (n = 33): omeprazole 1 mg/kg twice daily for 5 days and normal therapy.
Control (n = 33): normal therapy.
Both groups given vitamin K and nil by mouth.
Outcomes Curative rate: no haematemesis or melena at 24 hours.
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 Unclear risk No baseline characteristics given although age at presentation and duration of bleeding similar between groups.