No. of studies | Design | Risk of bias | Inconsistency | Indirectness | Imprecision | Other considerations | Abdominal massage | Routine Care | Pooled effect Relative (95% CI) | Final judgment |
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GRV | ||||||||||
3 | Randomized trials | No Serious | No Serious | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | No serious | 17.18/76 | 19.97/76 | −2.11 [−2.78, −1.45] | ⦻⦻⦻⦻ High |
Number of gastric residual | ||||||||||
2 | Randomized trials | No Serious | No Serious | No serious indirectness | Serious imprecisionb | No serious | 0.32/25 | 0.35/24 | −0.05 [− 0.34, 0.24] | ⦻⦻⦻◯ Moderate |
Vomiting frequency | ||||||||||
2 | Randomized trials | No Serious | Very serious inconsistencya | No serious indirectness | No serious imprecision | No serious | 0.16/44 | 1.17/43 | −0.84 [−1.37, − 0.31] | ⦻⦻◯◯ Low |
Abdominal circumference | ||||||||||
4 | Randomized trials | No Serious | Very serious inconsistencya | No serious indirectness | Serious imprecisionb | No serious | 24.53/86 | 26.30/85 | −1.51 [−4.86, 1.84] | ⦻◯◯◯ Very low |