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

Lussos 1992.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants 42 women undergoing elective CS under spinal anaesthesia, without treatment of nausea and vomiting in the week before surgery, diabetes or uteroplacental insufficiency.
Interventions Intervention: dopamine antagonist (Comparison 2)
  • 10 mg metoclopramide.

  • N = 21.


Comparison: placebo
  • 2 mL normal saline.

  • N = 21.

Outcomes Nausea and vomiting pre and postdelivery.
Notes Setting: Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dates: not reported
Funding source: not reported.
Declaration of interest: not reported.
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
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk All included.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk We did not assess the trial protocol.
Other bias Low risk Similar baseline characteristics.