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. 2021 Aug 24;2021(8):CD001241. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001241.pub8

Jain 2016.

Study characteristics
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Preterm infants (birth weight 1000 to 1249 grams and gestational age > 30 weeks at birth) who have antenatal evidence of absent end‐diastolic flow velocities (presumed in umbilical artery)
Setting: Department of Paediatrics, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India (2013 to 2014)
Interventions Feed advancement at 20 mL/kg/d (n = 15) vs 30 mL/kg/d (n = 15)
Outcomes
  • NEC

  • Late‐onset bloodstream (culture‐positive) infection

  • In‐hospital mortality

  • Time to achieve full enteral feeds

Notes Prespecified subgroup of a larger trial that enrolled infants with birth weight > 1250 grams and compared feed advancement at 30 mL/kg/d vs 40 mL/kg/d
Additional data courtesy of Dr Mukhopadhyay (September 2014)
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer‐generated
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Low risk Sealed, opaque envelopes
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes High risk Unmasked
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes High risk Unmasked
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk Complete follow‐up for primary outcomes
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Unlikely
Other bias Low risk No evidence of baseline imbalance