Cooke 1984.
Methods | Blinding of randomisation: can't tell Blinding of intervention: no Complete follow‐up: yes Blinding of outcome measurement: no | |
Participants | 20 infants of 34 weeks gestation or less, appropriate for gestational age. Infants were excluded if there was evidence of hepatobiliary dysfunction. | |
Interventions | Treatment (N=10): Parenteral nutrition and taurine to give daily concentration of 10.8 milligrams/kilogram/day. Control (N=10): Parenteral nutrition without added taurine. | |
Outcomes | Hepatic function, plasma taurine levels. | |
Notes | Setting: University of Tennessee, USA. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Allocation concealment? | Unclear risk | B ‐ Unclear |