Review Article

Impact of Early versus Late Initiation of Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Cardiac Surgery-Associated Acute Kidney Injury: Meta-Analysis with Trial Sequential Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 4

Quality assessment for randomized controlled trials.

ReferenceSequence GenerationAllocation ConcealmentBlindingIncomplete outcome data addressedFree of selective reportingFree of other BiasConcurrent therapies similarOverall risk of bias

Durmaz et al. 2003 [10]YesUnclearUnclearUnclearYesYesYesHigh
Sugahara et al. 2004 [11]YesYesUnclearUnclearYesYesYesModerate
Crescenzi et al. 2015 [12]YesUnclearUnclearYesYesYesYesModerate
Combes et al. 2015 [13]YesYesYesYesYesYesYesLow