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. 2016 Jun 7;2016(6):CD005542. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD005542.pub3

Trossarelli 1984.

Methods "Randomly assigned".
Participants 12 women with type 1 diabetes.
Interventions MDI versus CSII.
Outcomes Perinatal mortality, large‐for‐gestational age, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, mean 24‐hour BG in each trimester, and respiratory distress syndrome.
Notes Several data outcomes described as comparable rather than reported as statistics.
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Not reported.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Blinding of the type of intervention from clinician and participant for the trials was not possible because of the nature of the study.
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Blinding of assessors not reported.
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Not reported.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Unclear risk Pre‐specified outcomes not reported.
Other bias Unclear risk Not reported.

BG: blood glucose
 CSII: continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion
 HbA1c: glycated haemoglobin
 MDI: multiple daily injection