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

Mizuno 1999.

Methods Cross‐over RCT of prone and supine positions
Participants Included: 7 very low birthweight infants with radiographic and clinical evidence of chronic lung disease, requiring ventilatory support and a feeding volume of more than 100 ml a day 
 Excluded: not stated
Mean gestational age: 26.6 weeks; mean birth weight: 845 g; mean age: 57.4 days; mean weight: 1018 g; mean FiO2: 0.24
Setting: not stated
Interventions The infant was settled into position for at least 1 hour before being fed nasogastrically over 1 hour
Outcomes SaO2; tcPCO2; tidal volume; minute ventilation; spontaneous respiratory rate; pulmonary resistance
Measured 10 minutes before and during feeding (20 minutes, 40 minutes and end of feeding) when infants were quiet and awake
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 Low risk Appears to be no loss to follow‐up