Mastroianni 1994.

Methods	Randomised controlled trial. No information given on method of randomisation Blinding not mentioned
Participants	34 patients undergoing open heart surgery were enrolled
Interventions	1) 10% Pentastarch. (n = 12) 2) 5% Albumin (n = 17)
Outcomes	Deaths Haemodynamics variables Clotting variables Pulmonary oedema
Notes	Follow‐up 7 days 4 patients in the pentastarch group, and 1 patient in the albumin group were excluded after randomisation
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear