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Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT | |
Participants | 74 women undergoing spinal anaesthesia for CS. | |
Interventions | Intervention: sedative (Comparison 6)
Comparison: placebo
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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. |
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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 |