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. 2015 Oct 24;2015(10):CD003850. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003850.pub5

Aydemir 2011a.

Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants 184 VLBW infants
Interventions Fluconazole 3 mg/kg (N = 93) every third day versus normal saline placebo (N = 91) until the 30th day after birth (or 45th day in ELBW infants)
Outcomes Fungal colonisation and invasive infection
Death prior to hospital discharge
Emergence of fungi with native azole resistance
 Adverse drug reactions
Notes Setting: Zekai Tahir Burak Maternity Hospital, Ankara, Turkey; 2008 to 2009
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated
Blinding (performance bias and detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Report states placebo‐controlled but unclear how this was achieved
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk Complete follow‐up