Table 2 Risk of bias in included studies
From: Proportional modes versus pressure support ventilation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Study/year | Sequence generation | Allocation concealment | Blinding of participants and personnel | Blinding of outcome assessors | Incomplete outcome data | Selective outcome reporting | Other source of bias |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Colombo/2008 | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Unclear |
Xirouchaki/2008 | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Low |
Spahija/2010 | Unclear | Unclear | High | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear | Unclear |
Patroniti/2012 | Unclear | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Unclear |
Elganady/2014 | Low | Low | High | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Low |
Doorduin/2015 | Unclear | Unclear | High | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Unclear |
Schmidt/2015 | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Unclear | Low | Unclear |
Bosma/2016 | Low | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Unclear | Low |
Carteaux/2016 | Low | Unclear | High | High | Low | Low | Unclear |
Demoule/2016 | Low | Low | High | Low | High | Low | Low |
Di mussi/2016 | Unclear | Unclear | High | Unclear | High | High | Unclear |
Kuo/2016 | Unclear | Unclear | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear |
Costa/2017 | Low | Low | High | Unclear | Low | Low | Unclear |
Ferreira/2017 | Low | Low | High | Low | Low | Low | Unclear |
Botha/2018 | Low | Low | High | High | Low | Low | High |