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. 2014 Sep 10;2014(9):CD003723. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003723.pub3

Agarwal 2007.

Methods Randomised parallel group design
Participants Patients refractory to IV Diazepam
Interventions Group A; IV Valproate 20 mg/kg loading dose @ 40 mg/min
Group B; IV Phenytoin 20 mg/kg @ max. 50 mg/min after dilution with normal saline
Outcomes SE controlled, recurrence in 12 h and 24 h, mortality, left against medical advice, hypotension, respiratory depression, mild elevation of SGPT
Notes Study conducted in India
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not described