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. 2019 Jul 5;2019(7):CD012598. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012598.pub2

Sherman 1984.

Methods
  • Study design: cross‐over RCT

  • Follow‐up period: 3 weeks

  • Duration of study: not reported

Participants
  • Country: USA

  • Setting: single centre

  • Inclusion criteria: not reported

  • Enrolled: 17

  • Mean age: 53.8 years

  • Sex (M/F): 9/8

  • Exclusion criteria: not reported

Interventions Treatment arms
  1. Dialysate at 37.8°C

  2. Dialysate at 36.7°C

  3. Dialysate at 35.6°C

Outcomes
  • IDH rate

  • Lowest mean BP during dialysis

Notes
  • Funding source: not reported

  • We requested further information but there was no response

Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Study was described as randomised; method of randomisation was not reported
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Blinding was not feasible because of the nature of the intervention
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Insufficient information to permit judgement
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk No description about the first phase data including missing values
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk The protocol was not available
Other bias High risk Carry‐over effects potentially existed. No description for the assessment of the baseline imbalance of first period of the cross‐over study