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. 2015 Nov 6;2015(11):CD008984. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008984.pub2

Sukhani 1994.

Methods Single‐centre RCT
Participants Setting: Loyola University Medical Center, USA
Inclusion criteria: nonpregnant patients, 19 to 40 years of age, ASA I‐II, scheduled for ambulatory gynaecologic laparoscopy
Exclusion criteria: patients were excluded from the study if they weighed more than 150% of their ideal body weight or had predisposing factors for delayed gastric emptying, such as diabetes, chronic cholecystitis, scleroderma, neuropathies, and neuromuscular disorders. Patients who demonstrated significant anxiety and who, in the anaesthesiologist's judgment, required preoperative anxiolytic therapy were also excluded
Participant numbers: 70 randomly assigned; 70 analysed
Interventions Intervention: patients were ventilated with a mixture of oxygen and nitrous oxide and the inspired oxygen concentration was maintained at 30%. 
 Control: patients were ventilated with a mixture of oxygen and air and the inspired oxygen concentration was maintained at 30%.
Outcomes Other outcomes:
Quality of recovery
Notes
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk Described as randomized but no further details.
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No details given.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Quote: "The patients were assigned using a non‐blinded study design."
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Inhospital case fatality rate/length of stay Unclear risk
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 Complications Low risk Quote: "Intermediate recovery variables were recorded by recovery room nurses and the attending anaesthesiologist blinded to anaesthetic technique."
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Low risk No missing data.
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk All outcomes described in methods section reported.
Other bias Low risk No other potential sources of bias were detected.