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

Weiss 1995.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Participants 74 women undergoing spinal anaesthesia for CS.
Interventions Intervention: sedative (Comparison 6)
  • Propofol 15 mg bolus after delivery of placenta.

  • N = no information.


Comparison: placebo
  • Intralipid.

  • N = no information.

Outcomes Nausea/pruritis scales at various postoperative times.
Notes Setting: Long Island Jewish Medical Centre, New York, USA.
Dates: not reported.
Funding source: not reported.
Declaration of interest: not reported.
This study currently provides no data for the review because the data are presented only in graphical form. We wrote to the authors in 2009 to request the specific data.
Conference abstract.
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 Low risk All investigators blinded. Treatment identical in appearance to placebo.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Low risk All investigators blinded.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk Not described.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk We did not assess the trial protocol.
Other bias Low risk Nil apparent