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. 2021 May 18;2021(5):CD007579. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007579.pub3

Boone 2002.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants
  • Women undergoing CS under regional anaesthesia, poorly described.

  • N = 98 women randomised

Interventions Intervention: 5‐HT3antagonist (Comparison 1)
  • Dolasetron 12.5 mg intravenously.

  • N = 48 women randomised.


Comparator: no treatment
  • No antiemetic.

  • N = 50 women randomised

Outcomes Nausea/retching/vomiting ‐ presented as a combined score.
Notes Setting: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, El Paso, Texas, USA.
Dates: not reported
Funding source: not reported
Declaration of interest: not reported
Conference abstract only. This study currently provides no data for the review. We wrote to the authors in 2010 requesting separated outcome data but did not receive a reply.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Quote:"Randomised."
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not described.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Not stated.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk None described.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk We did not assess the trial protocol.
Other bias Unclear risk None apparent.