Lambie 1999.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | RCT Country: New Zealand |
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Participants | Adult patients (age ≥ 18 years) presenting to the ED with musculoskeletal trauma requiring morphine for pain relief | |
Interventions | Intervention: 111 patients received metoclopramide 10 mg IV Control: 103 patients received 0.9% normal saline Baseline demographic data: mean age of 47 years, 49.5% female Study period: March 1998 to October 1998 |
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Outcomes | Primary outcome: occurrence of vomiting at 120 min Secondary outcomes
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Notes | Funding support and COIs not reported. | |
Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Unclear risk | The authors did not explicitly define how randomization was performed. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Low risk | Syringes were created by a pharmacist and coded prior to assignment |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Low risk | Investigators were blinded to the corresponding codes. The intervention and control medications were identical in appearance. |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Blinding of outcome assessors was not stated in the study protocol. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | Low risk | No patients were lost to follow‐up. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | The study was not preregistered, and no protocol was available. |
Other bias | Low risk | None |