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. 2022 May 19;2022(5):CD013860. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD013860.pub2

Lambie 1999.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT
Country: New Zealand
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
Outcomes Primary outcome: occurrence of vomiting at 120 min
Secondary outcomes
  • Number of vomiting episodes at 120 min

  • Occurrence of severe nausea at 120 min

  • Adverse events at 120 min

  • Requirement of rescue antiemetic therapy at 120 min

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