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. 2012 Jul 11;2012(7):CD003645. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003645.pub3

Crane 1990.

Methods Cross‐over RCT of prone, supine and right lateral positions
Participants Included: 19 premature infants mechanically ventilated with intermittent mandatory ventilation and PEEP for clinical hyaline membrane disease 
 Excluded: not stated
Mean gestational age: 31 weeks; mean birth weight: 1485 g; age: 20 to 72 hours; mean FiO2: 0.43
Setting: regional NICU, USA
Interventions Infants remained in study position from 10 to 85 minutes
Outcomes tcCO2; PaCO2
Measurements were stabilised for 1 to 4 minutes before data were collected
Notes  
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not stated
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Loss to follow‐up 5/19; data were discarded due to excessive drift or inaccurate or inappropriate calibration of equipment