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. 2004 Jul 19;2004(3):CD004217. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004217.pub2

Kaufman 2002.

Methods RCT 
 Blinding of randomization ‐ can't tell 
 Blinding of intervention ‐ partial 
 Complete follow‐up ‐ can't tell 
 Blinding of outcome measurement ‐ can't tell
Participants 57 NB; healthy; male; FT; Apgar > 7 at 5 min
Interventions Mogen + water pacifier (15) 
 Mogen + 24% sucrose pacifier (n=14) 
 Gomco+ water pacifier (n=14) 
 Gomco + 24% sucrose pacifier (n=14)
Outcomes time crying; grimacing, procedure length
Notes ‐ all subjects had EMLA cream applied between 1 and 3 hr before procedure 
 ‐ single operator performed all circumcisions 
 ‐procedure standardized 
 ‐ infants fasted from 15 min to 4 hr before procedure 
 ‐ no adverse effects reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Allocation concealment? Unclear risk B ‐ Unclear